In Duplo

Ria Andriani – soprano

Emma Warburton – contralto

Antony Pitts – composer/organ/piano

An enlightening program exploring connections between works and the combination of two voices, accompanied by organ and piano.

Hear duets by Charpentier, Pitts, Handel, and Purcell, including favourites ‘He shall feed his flock’ and ‘Sound the trumpet’. Discover the adaptation of a Handel chorus into a French hymn, and the interweaving of themes from Purcell, Handel, and Dunstaple in Pitts’s oratorio, .Jerusalem-Yerushalayim

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PROGRAM

– ‘Alleluya: A nywe werke’ and arr. – ‘Alleluya: A new work’🎵Anon. (15th C) Pitts

– ’He shall feed his flock’🎵Handel

– (excerpt)🎵CharpentierLeçon de ténèbres du Vendredi saint

– selections from , (excerpt), and (excerpt)🎵PittsJerusalem-YerushalayimLamentations VOut of the Depths [second part]

Short excerpts from – , – ‘Comfort ye’, and – Gloria à 4🎵PurcellMy Beloved SpakeHandelDunstaple

– ‘See, the conqu’ring hero comes!’ and arr. – ‘À toi la gloire, ô ressuscité’🎵HandelBudry

– ‘Sound the trumpet’🎵Purcell

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

regularly sings with Sydney Chamber Choir and the Choir of Christ Church St Laurence, and is an advocate for braille music and accessible, inclusive initiatives for musicians with disability.Ria Andriani

is the Leading Musician at St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne, a Soloist at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Melbourne, and was a 2022 Ensemble Artist with The Song Company.Emma Warburton

is a composer, performer, and conductor – from Chapel Royal treble, New College Oxford Academic and Honorary Senior Scholar, Artistic Director of The Song Company to TONUS AUSTRALIS founder.Antony Pitts

Watch a clip of Emma performing 'O Lord, great God' from by Antony Pitts:Jerusalem-Yerushalayim

  Hear it complete with the ethereal soprano part at !https://youtube.com/watch?v=UqP17jpzt9QIn Duplo