Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Announces 'Noël! Noël!' Concerts for Dec.

The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra presents Noël! Noël! 2011 at CITY RECITAL HALL, SYDNEY & churches in CREMORNE, NEWCASTLE, PADDINGTON, PARRAMATTA, WOLLONGONG & for the first time in NEWTOWN.

"As the festive season draws near, we start to think of our favourite end-of-year rituals," says Paul Dyer, the Brandenburg's Artistic Director, "and for many Sydneysiders, this includes our annual Noël! Noël! concert."

"As a child, my family ritual was to spend Christmas at the beach. It was a beautiful oasis of sights and sounds: bright skies, board shorts and colourful beach umbrellas, delicious salads and sweets, and the luxury to indulge yourself in the sun and surf. I remember feeling completely energised and happy."

"I want people to have a sense of this at our Noël! Noël! concerts. I want audience members who have become part of our Christmas ritual to walk out of the concerts feeling treated."

"At Noël! Noël! we perform traditional carols and luscious baroque music, and then add the flavours the Brandenburg. It's like having a swig of Spanish wine with some of Mum's delicious Christmas Cake, or meditating to the rhythmic and percussive sounds of the Australian surf. Indulging your senses is all part of the Brandenburg Christmas experience."

"Noël! Noël! is a dash of baroque, a splash of European and Latin American rhythms, some medieval chant and much loved carols," says Paul of the unique mix which blends the ancient with the modern."

"Sacred, joyous and spectacular choral works are brought to life by the Brandenburg Choir accompanied on period instruments and the classical saxophone of Christina Leonard. There is always something to make you swoon and something to make you smile. It is definitely a feel good concert not to be missed!."

The New ABC Classics CD, A BRANDENBURG CHRISTMAS is released on 18 November.

It is a Live recording of the 2010 Noël! Noël! concert at the City Recital Hall Angel Place.
"A Brandenburg Christmas is about mixing up the ancient and the modern. We take our glorious Choir, the shining star of this recording, and create a Brandenburg sound for an Australian summer. Only at a Brandenburg Christmas do you get Mozart (Laudate Dominum) and Billy Joel (Lullaby - Goodnight, My Angel). Only at a Brandenburg Christmas do you hear the sublime sound of a Benedictine abbess (O Ecclesia) and a sultry chanteuse (Little Drummer Boy). There are new Christmas flavours, improvisations, European folk rhythms, and much loved carols," says Paul Dyer.

The CD booklet includes recipes for an Australian Christmas feast from MAGGIE BEER, KYLIE KWONG, LYNDEY MILAN, DAMIEN PIGNOLET and JASON ROBERTS, as well as PAUL DYER's family Christmas Cake recipe. 
 
NOËL! NOËL! 2011 features the Brandenburg Choir, Members of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Christina Leonard on saxophone, and Paul Dyer as the artistic director / harpsichord. The concert includes Gauntlett (Once in Royal David's City), Gabrieli (Jubilate Deo), Anon. (Plainchant - Assumpta Est Maria In Caelum), Palestrina (Assumpta Est Maria In Caelum), Cazzatti (Passagalia and Chaconne), Anon. (Falalán (Venice 1556)), Traditional (Villancico catalan), Anon. (Bastião (Portugal 1643)), Albinoni (Adagio from Concerto in D Minor for Oboe Op. 9/2), (Vivaldi Trio Sonata ‘La folia'), Traditional arr. Coelho (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel), Traditional arr. Coelho (The Coventry Carol), Lauridsen (Les Chanson des Roses - La Rose Complète & Dirait-On), Traditional arr. Coelho (The Little Drummer Boy), Gruber (Stille Nacht (Silent Night)), Wade arr. Willcocks (O Come All Ye Faithful).

For THREE CITY CONCERTS Bookings are through the City Recital Hall Box Office at (02) 8256 2222 or book online at www.cityrecitalhall.com. The concert is on Sat 10 Dec at SYDNEY City Recital Hall, Angel Place at 5pm & 7pm and on Wed 14 Dec at SYDNEY City Recital Hall, Angel Place at 7pm. Tickets are Adult $36 to $101.

For SEVEN CHURCH CONCERTS (All church concerts are General Admission) Bookings ar through Brandenburg Box Office at (02) 9328 7581 or book online at www.brandenburg.com.au. The concert is on Sun 11 Dec at NEWCASTLE Christ Church Cathedral at 2.00pm, on Mon 12 Dec at PADDINGTON St Francis of Assisi at 7.00pm, on Tue 13 Dec at PADDINGTON St Francis of Assisi at 7.00pm, on Thu 15 Dec at PARRAMATTA St Patrick's Cathedral at 7.30pm, on  Sat 17 Dec at WOLLONGONG St Francis Xavier's Cathedral at 2.30pm, on Sun 18 Dec at CREMORNE St Peter's Anglican Church at 6.30pm, and on Mon 20 Dec at NEWTOWN St Stephen's Anglican Church at 7.00pm. Tickets are Wollongong, Newcastle Adult $49 / Conc. $32 / Children (under 16) $11 / Student $22 / Under 30 $27; Parramatta, Newtown Adult $59 / Conc. $43 / Children (under 16) $16 / Student $32 / Under 30 $38; and Paddington, Cremorne Adult $69 / Conc. $54 / Children (under 16) $22 / Student $43 / Under 30 $49.

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