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Encounters 2025

Sunday Afternoons at 5

Join Frank De Rosso (organ) and associate artists in a journey of music leading up to Easter.

Sundays 5.00 to 5.30pm
at the Basilica of St Mary of the Angels,136 Yarra St., Geelong.

Admission is free

Join our artists for refreshments after each presentation.

Sunday March 9
Olivier Bonnici (violin)

Music by Naji Hakim, Rheinberger, Piazzolla

Sunday March 16
Vicki Hallett (clarinet), Brighid Mantelli (flute)
Salvador Blasco (oboe)

Music by Michael Hannan, Carson Cooman

Sunday March 23
Emily Swanson (soprano), Helen Seymour (alto),
Alex McAuley (tenor), Tom Healey (bass)

Music by JS Bach, Telemann, Bohm, Langlaise

Sunday March 30
Zinaida Campion (soprano)

Music by Bellini, Verdi, Fauré

Sunday April 6
Miranda Brockman (cello)

Music by Carl Vine, Ernest Bloch
Michael Bonaventure

Seasons Series 2025

(May - December 2025)

Sunday May 25, 4.00pm

Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels,
136 Yarra St., Geelong

FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE

Ballarat Choral Society

Helen Duggan – conductor
VOX (Ballarat) – vocal soloists
Beverley Phillips - organ

Ballarat Choral Society presents the delightful Mass in D Major for SATB soloists/semi-chorus, SATB choir and organ by Antonin Dvořák. Upon completing the work in 1887, Dvořák declared that he was supremely pleased with it and that the mass could be subtitled “Faith Hope and Love for God Almighty”. Other works on the program in a similar spirit include Te Deum in C major, K.141, by W.A Mozart.

Tickets $35 Full and Seniors; $30 Concession
available from www.trybooking.com/CYIWT
or at the door.
Children and school students - free

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Friday July 4, 7.30pm

All Saints Anglican Church
140 Noble St, Newtown

WINTERING

Rosemary Blake, poetry
Sonoka Miyake, piano
Suzanne Moodie, flute
Frank De Rosso, organ

Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Erik Satie
featuring his music, with poetry by Rosemary Blake

Tickets $35 Full and Seniors; $30 Concession
available from www.trybooking.com/CZSPJ or at the door. Children and school students - free
Join us for refreshments after the concert

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Sunday August 10, 3.30pm

Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels,
136 Yarra St., Geelong

RENAISSANCE REQUIEM

Australian Chamber Choir

Douglas Lawrence – director

For modern concert-goers, the term Requiem conjures up works by Mozart, Berlioz, Verdi and Britten, all of whom used considerable orchestral and choral resources to depict heaven, hell and the last judgement. The Missa pro defunctis, composed by Tomás Luis Victoria is a requiem of a very different kind. This work succeeds in portraying the gamut of human emotions with great intensity, dealing with themes of life and death while using only the human voice. This requiem is the inspiration and the departure point for a new work by Gordon Kerry, commissioned by Robert Lewis for the ACC.

Gordon’s new work takes the form of interpolations between an exquisite array of Renaissance choral music, sacred and secular. The entire performance tells a story of how we deal with loss and sadness.

Tickets $50 Full; $45 Seniors; $40 Concession
available from www.Auschoir.org
or at the door.
Children and school students - free

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Sunday December 7, 4.00pm

Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels,
136 Yarra St., Geelong

HANDEL'S MESSIAH

Windfire Choir and GEELONG CHORALE

Joseph Hie – conductor

Lee Abrahmsen - soprano
Austin Haynes - counter tenor
Robert Macfarlane - tenor
Manfred Pohlenz - bass

Watch this site for ticketing details.

Advent Organ 2025

Free Organ Recitals for Advent 2025

At the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels,
136 Yarra St., Geelong

Monday 1 December, 12.30 - 1.15pm
Victoria Hay

Monday 8 December, 12.30 - 1.15pm
Jack Stacey

Monday 15 December, 12.30 - 1.15pm
James Tibbles

Monday 22 December, 12.30 - 1.15pm
Frank De Rosso