Allegri Ensemble presents “Easter Joy” Saturday April 26th

Allegri Ensemble presents “Easter Joy” Saturday April 26th 2014.

8:00 pm St Mary’s Cathedral, 164 Harrington St. Hobart.
Tickets $35; $26 concession from Centertainment ph 6234 5998, www.centertainment.com.au.
$10 student rush and door sales from 7:15 pm.

Missing your fix of Bach now that the Hobart Baroque festival is over? Look no further than the Allegri Ensemble’s upcoming Easter Joy concert for relief! Enthusiasts of early music will be eager to hear sublime music from the genius of composers such as Palestrina, Byrd, Bach and Lassus. Those less familiar with the style are sure to find joy in this program of music for Easter.

Musical Director Andrew Bainbridge, who presented a spectacular Organic Baroque organ recital to a packed audience as part of the festival’s 5x5x5@5 series, conducts his celebrated Allegri Ensemble in this beautiful program of choral music.

Bainbridge, Organist of St Mary’s Cathedral and Assistant Chorusmaster of the TSO Chorus, formed the ensemble in 2010, delivering highly acclaimed performances of Handel’s Messiah in 2010 and 2011. The handpicked Allegri Ensemble has grown into a tightly-knit group of committed singers drawn from many choirs, some of whom are soloists in their own right.

Easter Joy opens with Bach’s joyous motet for double choir, “Singet dem Herrn”, followed by two 6-voice motets based on the Easter “plainchant Haec dies” by Palestrina in 1575 and Byrd in 1591. Samuel Wesley’s extended anthem for double choir “In exitu Israel” ends the first part. The second part features motets by Lassus and Philips concluding with Bach’s magnificent “Jesu, meine Freude”.

An evening of musical joy not to be missed, you can hear “Easter Joy” by the Allegri Ensemble at St Mary’s Cathedral on Saturday 26th April. Book at Centertainment or door sales from 7:15 pm.

What others have said about Allegri Ensemble:
“…a rare pleasure…beautifully sculpted phrasing…perfect harmonious blend…” (The Mercury)