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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

(March - June 2025)

Sunday March 2, 5.00pm

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

The Geelong String Quartet

Joseph Haydn’s monumental musical drama
‘The Seven Last Words of Christ’.
Meditative music with poetry and images.

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

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Sunday April 13, 5.00pm

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

Windfire Choir and Orchestra

EASTER CONCERT

Conductor - Joseph Hie

Zinaida Campion - soprano

Mozart - Laudate Dominum,
Rheinberger - Stabat Mater,
Mendelssohn - Salve Regina,
Allegri - Miserere Mei
Stephanie Martin - God so loved the world

Tickets $50 Full; $45 Seniors; $40 Concession
available from www.trybooking.com/CYIWR
or at the door.
Children and school students - free

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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

 

Advent Organ 2025

Free Organ Recitals for Advent 2025

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

Coming soon