Baroque Voices – vocal ensemble
List of performers involved (to date)
Sopranos: Pepe Becker (PB) Altos: Rebecca Currier (RC)
Louisa Oliver (LO) Katherine Hodge (KH)
Rowena Simpson (RS) Rosalind Emeleus (RE)
Lucy Richards (LR) Andrea Cochrane (AC)
Jane McKinlay (JMcK) Christopher Warwick (CW)
Sabrina Malcolm (SM) Megan Hurnard (MH)
Andra Patterson (AP) Alexandra Granville (AG)
Joanne Hodgson (JH) Fiona McCabe (FM)
Lauren Armishaw (LA)
Nicola Edgecombe (NE/NH)
Madeleine Pierard (MP)
Jayne Tankersley (JT)
Lisette Wesseling (LW)
Felicity Smith (FS)
Amanda Barclay (AB)
Tenors: David Pope (DP) Basses: James Griffiths (JG)
Peter Dyne (PD) Stephen Wells (SW)
Nigel Collins (NC) Simon Christie (SC)
Peter de Blois (PdB) Sam Piper (SP)
Ivan Patterson (IP) Craig Beardsworth (CB)
Phillip Collins (PC) David Morriss (DM)
Andrew Cantrill (ACan) Rowan Johnston (RJ)
Philip Roderick (PR) Roger Wilson (RW)
Alastair Carey (AlC) Simon Baskerville (SB)
Richard Taylor (RT) Richard Walley (RiW)
John Fraser (JF) Michael Stewart (MS)
Oliver Sewell (OS) Brian Hesketh (BH)
Jeffrey Chang (JC) Kieran Rayner (KR)
Kenneth Trass (KT) Dimitrios Theodoridis (DT)
Chris Burcin (CB)
Benjamin Caukwell (BC)
David Houston (DH)
Guest instrumentalists:
Douglas Mews – harpsichord, organ, piano
Shelley Wilkinson – baroque violin
Helen Polglase – baroque ‘cello
Euan Murdoch – baroque ‘cello
Richard Excell – vielles
Members of The Baroque Players (led by Peter Walls, baroque violin)
Philip Brownlee – recorders
Dan Poynton - piano
Philippa Ward – piano
Nick van Dijk – flugelhorn
Anita van Dijk – piano
Kate Robertson – flute
Phillip Collins – oboe
Moira Hirst – clarinet
Richard Foreman - clarinet
Lance Philip - percussion
Tim Robertson – electric bass
Colin Hemmingsen – saxophones
Robert Orr – oboe
Asni – baroque harp
Robert Oliver – bass viol
Robin Ward – triple harp
David Cox – baroque horn
Penelope Evison – traverso
Donald Nicolson - harpsichord
Claire Macfarlane – baroque violin
Emma Goodbehere – baroque ‘cello
Charlotte Fetherston – baroque violin
Peter Reid – cornetto
Helen Webby – lever harp & concert harp
Peter Dykes – oboe
Kamala Bain – recorder
Meredith Chinnery – recorder
Brendan O’Donnell – recorder
Henare Walmsley – taonga puoro
Bridget Douglas - flute
Dimitrios Theodoridis – hurdy-gurdy
Mark Smythe – electric guitar
Daniel Becker – electric bass, percussion
See below for a complete list of BV concerts since 1994…
Baroque Voices – vocal ensemble
List of performances and recordings (to date)
1) 25 June 1994 – “Monteverdi Madrigals”
A concert of Monteverdi’s First Book of Madrigals (1587) for five voices, and selected accompanied madrigali and canzonetti.
Singers: PB, LO, RE, PD, JG
Instrumentalists: Douglas Mews (harpsichord), Shelley Wilkinson (baroque violin), Helen Polglase (baroque ‘cello)
Venue: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Thorndon, Wellington
Recorded by: Anthony Donovan (Conference Recording Services)
Monteverdi’s First Book of Madrigals (1587) also recorded by Concert FM, on 22 November 1994. (Singers: PB, LO, RE, DP, JG)
2) 17 December 1994 – “A Feather on the Breath of God”
A concert of sacred German vocal music, from Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) to J.S. Bach (1685-1750).
Singers: PB, LO, RC, KH, DP, PD, SW, SC
Venue: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Thorndon, Wellington
Recorded by: Concert FM
3) 6 May 1995 – “Italian Madrigals”
A concert of Monteverdi’s Fourth Book of Madrigals (1603) for five voices, and selected eight-part madrigals by A. Gabrieli.
Singers: PB, LO, RC, KH, NC, PD, SW, SC
Venue: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Thorndon, Wellington
Recorded by: Anthony Donovan (Conference Recording Services)
4) 1 October 1995 – “Hark, how the wild musicians sing!”
A concert of secular vocal and instrumental music by Henry Purcell (1659-1695), to mark the 300th anniversary of the composer’s death.
Singers: PB, LO, RC, KH, NC, PD, SW, SC
Instrumentalists: members of The Baroque Players, led by Peter Walls
Venue: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Thorndon, Wellington
Recorded by: Concert FM
5) 25 November 1995 – “Alleluia: a newë work”
A Christmas concert of medieval British and contemporary New Zealand music for unaccompanied voices, including six new works commissioned by Baroque Voices, assisted by funding from Creative New Zealand (previously called The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa).
Singers: PB, LO, RC, KH, PdB, NC, SW, SC
Venue: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Thorndon, Wellington
Recorded by: Anthony Donovan (Conference Recording Services)
6-10) 16-24 July 1996 – “The Second Millenium”
A Chamber Music New Zealand tour of New Zealand, with vocal music spanning a thousand years from the Medieval period to the Twentieth Century.
Singers: PB, LO, RC, KH, PdB, SW
Centres: New Plymouth, Hamilton, Napier, Nelson, Invercargill
Some of this music (20th Century French & New Zealand works, plus J.S. Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude) was recorded in late July 1996, by Concert FM, in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Thorndon, Wellington.
11) 3 May 1997 – “Draw on, sweet night”
A concert of 16th Century English and Italian Madrigals.
Singers: PB, RS, LR, AC, KH, PdB, IP, SC
Venue: City Art Gallery, Civic Square, Wellington
12) 2 May 1998 – “Chansons Anciennes de France”
A concert of secular French vocal music, from the 12th to the 16th Century.
Singers: PB, AC, PdB, SC
Instrumentalists: Richard Excell (vielle), Philip Brownlee (recorder)
Venue: Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Thorndon, Wellington
Recorded by: Anthony Donovan (Conference Recording Services)
13) 25 July 1998 – “O Ecclesia”
A concert of sacred music for women’s voices, from the 12th to the 20th Century, celebrating the 900th anniversary of the birth of Hildegard von Bingen in 1098.
Singers: PB, JMcK, AP, SM, AC, KH
Venue: Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Thorndon, Wellington
Recorded by: Anthony Donovan (Conference Recording Services)
14) 27 February 1999 – “Canti Antichi”
A concert of Italian songs and madrigals, from the 14th Century to the early 17th Century.
Singers: PB, LR, AC, PdB, SC
Venue: Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Thorndon, Wellington
Recorded by: Anthony Donovan (Conference Recording Services)
15) 1 May 1999 – “Canti Amorosi”
A concert of Italian songs of love, from the 17th & 18th Centuries: the opening concert of the inaugural Wellington Festival of Early Music.
Singers: PB, LR, AC, PdB, PC, SC
Instrumentalists: Douglas Mews (harpsichord), Euan Murdoch (baroque ‘cello), Shelley Wilkinson & Peter Walls (baroque violins)
Venue: The Carillon Hall of Memories, Buckle St, Wellington
Recorded by: Concert FM
The music from this concert was also recorded by Anthony Donovan (Conference Recording Services) on 30 April 1999, at a rehearsal in The Carillon.
16) 28 August 1999 – “Close Encounters of the Gothic Kind”
A concert of music by Franz Liszt (1811-1886) – Via Crucis for chamber choir and piano, and late piano solos; and Guillaume de Machaut (c1300-1377) – La Messe de Nostre Dame.
Singers: PB, JMcK, AP, AC, KH, PdB, PC, SP, DM
Pianist: Dan Poynton
Venue: Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Thorndon, Wellington
Recorded by: Concert FM
The music for this concert was also recorded by Anthony Donovan (Conference Recording Services) at rehearsals on 19 & 26 August 1999, in the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.
17) 26 February 2000 – “Back to Bach”
A concert of motets for 4 to 8 voices by J.S. Bach (1685-1750), commemorating the 250th anniversary of the composer’s death.
Singers: PB, JMcK, JH, AP, AC, KH, PdB, PC, SC, SP
Instrumentalists: Douglas Mews (chamber organ), Euan Murdoch (baroque ‘cello)
Venue: Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Thorndon, Wellington
Recorded by: Concert FM
The music for this concert was also recorded by Anthony Donovan (Conference Recording Services) at a rehearsal on 25 February 2000, in the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.
18) 25 March 2000- “Via Crucis”
The first half of a concert (shared with Bel Canto) in the inaugural Festival of Flowers and Music at Old St Paul’s church: Via Crucis for chamber choir and piano, by Franz Liszt (1811-1886).
Singers: PB, JMcK, AP, AC, KH, PdB, PC, SP, DM
Pianist: Dan Poynton
Venue: Old St Paul’s church, Thorndon, Wellington
19) 14 July 2000 – “Les Chants de l’Europe”
A concert in the Massey University lunchtime series: a ‘smorgasbord of early vocal music from Italy, France, Germany, Spain & England, spanning 500 years from the early 12th Century to the early 17th Century’.
Singers: PB, JH, AC, PC, SP
Venue: Conservatorium of Music, Massey University, Wellington
20) 20 September 2000 – “Many Waters”
A concert of works written by Pepe Becker, between 1983 and 2000.
Singers: PB, JMcK, AP, JH, AC, KH, ACan, PC, SP, CB, (Jane Deighton)
Instrumentalists: Dan Poynton, Philippa Ward & Anita van Dijk (pianists), Nick van Dijk (flugelhorn), Kate Robertson (flute), Moira Hirst & Richard Foreman (clarinets), Tim Robertson (electric bass), Lance Philip (percussion)
Venue: Adam Concert Room, Victoria University of Wellington
Recorded by: Roy Carr, sound technician, Victoria University
21) 25 November 2000 – “Madrigali”
A concert of Italian madrigals from the early 14th to the early 17th Century.
Singers: PB, JH, AC, KH, ACan, PC, SP, DM, CW
Venue: Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Thorndon, Wellington
Recorded by: Concert FM
The music for this concert was also recorded by Anthony Donovan (Conference Recording Services) at a rehearsal on 24 November 2000, in the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.
22) 3 March 2001 – “Close Encounters of the Gothic Kind”
A repeat of the Machaut/Liszt concert of August 1999.
Singers: PB, JMcK, AC, KH, ACan, PD, RJ, DM
Pianist: Dan Poynton
Venue: St Marys Pro Cathedral, Vivian St, New Plymouth
23) 10 March 2001 - “Close Encounters of the Gothic Kind”
A repeat of the Machaut/Liszt concert of August 1999.
Singers: PB, JMcK, AC, KH, ACan, PD, RJ, DM
Pianist: Dan Poynton
Venue: Kerikeri Hall, Bay of Islands
24) 11 March 2001 – “Les Chants de l’Europe”
A repeat of the lunchtime concert at Massey @ Wellington Conservatorium of Music, July 2000; with extra works added.
Singers: PB, JMcK, AC, ACan, RJ
Venue: Waimate North Church, Bay of Islands
25) 21 July 2001 – “How great is the pleasure”
Sacred and secular songs of life & death; love & devotion, for unaccompanied high voices.
Singers: PB, JMcK, JH, LA, AC, CW
Venue: Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Thorndon, Wellington
Recorded by: Anthony Donovan (Conference Recording Services), for CD
26) 14 October 2001 – “By the waters of Babylon…” (Musica Sacra concert series, concert 1)
English sacred music by Purcell, Humphrey, Locke.
Concert series directed by: Robert Oliver
Singers: PB, AC, CW, ACan, DM
Instrumentalists: Academia Sanctae Mariae, led by Gregory Squire
Venue: St Mary of the Angels, Boulcott St, Wellington
Recorded by: Concert FM
27) 21 October 2001 – “Jesu, meine Freude…” (Musica Sacra concert series, concert 2)
German sacred music by Bach, Buxtehude, Telemann.
Concert series directed by: Robert Oliver
Singers: PB, JH, AC, PD, RJ
Instrumentalists: Academia Sanctae Mariae, led by Gregory Squire
Venue: St Mary of the Angels, Boulcott St, Wellington
Recorded by: Concert FM
28) 28 October 2001 – “Jerusalem, convertere…” (Musica Sacra concert series, concert 3)
French sacred music by Couperin, Campra, Charpentier.
Concert series directed by: Robert Oliver
Singers: PB, JMcK, CW, ACan, DM
Instrumentalists: Academia Sanctae Mariae, led by Gregory Squire
Venue: St Mary of the Angels, Boulcott St, Wellington
Recorded by: Concert FM
29) 21 December 2002 – “Noël” (Musica Sacra concert series 2002, concert 1)
Music for Christmas from 17th Century France, by Charpentier, Couperin, Daquin, Rebel.
Concert series directed by: Robert Oliver
Singers: PB, JMcK, AC, CW, DP, DM
Instrumentalists: Academia Sanctae Mariae, led by Gregory Squire
Venue: St Mary of the Angels, Boulcott St, Wellington
Recorded by: Concert FM
30) 13 July 2003 – “Deutsch – Wer nur den Lieben Gott” (MSCS 2003, concert 1)
Bach cantatas BWV 39 & BWV 93 & Telemann instrumental music.
Concert series directed by: Robert Oliver
Singers: PB, AC, PdB, DM
Instrumentalists: Academia Sanctae Mariae, led by Gregory Squire
Venue: St Mary of the Angels, Boulcott St, Wellington
Recorded by: Concert FM
31) 31 August 2003 – “Italienische – Gloria in Excelsis Deo” (MSCS 2003, concert 2)
Music by Monteverdi, Schutz, etc.
Concert series directed by: Robert Oliver
Singers: PB, JMcK, AC, PR, AlC, DM, RW
Instrumentalists: Academia Sanctae Mariae, led by Gregory Squire
Venue: St Mary of the Angels, Boulcott St, Wellington
Recorded by: Concert FM
32) 21 September 2003 – “Française – Lamentatio Jeremiae” (MSCS 2003, concert 3)
Music by Charpentier & Couperin, etc.
Concert series directed by: Robert Oliver
Singers: PB, JMcK, AP, JH, SM, AC
Instrumentalists: Academia Sanctae Mariae, led by Shelley Wilkinson
Venue: St Mary of the Angels, Boulcott St, Wellington
Recorded by: Concert FM
33) 3 October 2004 – “Oratorio” (MSCS 2004, concert 1)
Music by Purcell, Locke, King, Schutz, Carissimi
Concert series directed by: Robert Oliver
Singers: PB, JMcK, AP, AC, CW, AlC, DM
Instrumentalists: Douglas Mews, Robert Oliver
Venue: St Mary of the Angels, Boulcott St, Wellington
Recorded by: Concert FM
34) 21 November 2004 – “Membra Jesu Nostri” (MSCS 2004, concert 2)
Music by Buxtehude (Membra Jesu Nostri), Biber
Concert series directed by: Robert Oliver
Singers: PB, NE, AC, PR, DM
Instrumentalists: Academia Sanctae Mariae, led by Gregory Squire
Venue: St Mary of the Angels, Boulcott St, Wellington
Recorded by: Concert FM
35) 15 December 2004 – “Pastorale” (MSCS 2004, concert 3)
Music by Charpentier (Pastorale sur la naissance de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ)
Concert series directed by: Robert Oliver
Singers: PB, AP, AC, CW, AlC, DM
Instrumentalists: Academia Sanctae Mariae, led by Gregory Squire
Venue: St Mary of the Angels, Boulcott St, Wellington
Recorded by: Concert FM
36) 28 May 2005 – “From the far point of the rising of the sun…”
Music by medieval composers & contemporary NZ composers (Becker, A Ritchie, M Smythe)
Singers: PB, JMcK, MP, KH, CW, AlC, DM
Instrumentalists: Colin Hemmingsen (sax), Robert Orr (oboe)
Venue: Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Recorded by: Anthony Donovan (on 25 May), Concert FM (live concert)