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The Oriana Chorale, The Resonants and the Handel Band

Column: Bit Parts | Date Published: Tuesday, 15 September 09 | Author: Naomi Milthorpe | | 2 years, 4 months ago

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WHAT: Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Handel's Dixit Dominus
WHEN: Sat Sep 26 @ 7pm and Sun Sep 27 @ 2pm
WHERE: St Christopher's Church, Manuka

The anniversaries of Purcell and Handel are being celebrated in choral style this September. Purcell's Dido and Aeneas tells the story of Dido, the legendary Queen of Carthage (not the early-noughties warbler), who falls head over heels for Trojan adventurer Aeneas, whose callous abandonment causes her to chuck herself into a fire. Meanwhile, Dixit Dominus is based on Psalm 110 and said to be Handel's "most exciting work". The whole will be conducted by "charismatic" composer Tobias Cole. Tix: $35/$25/$15, from Canberra Ticketing.

	Freshly Ground Theatre: WHAT: Auditions for Not Axel Harrison WHEN: September 23 WHERE: The Street Theatre Sam Floyd is one of Canberra's hardest working new writers and his latest play, Not Axel Harrison, will feature as part of the Street Theatre's Made In Canberra season. The play is a fast-paced, one act satire on the gangster genre, and Freshly Ground are casting this fortnight. There are parts for hoods and molls, loan sharks, scapegoats and crooked cops. Auditions are at the Street on Wednesday September 23 - call or email Sam on 0432 106 915 or Samfloyd@freshlygroundtheatre.com for information and/or the script.
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	Antal Szalai & His Hungarian Gypsy Band: WHAT: Gypsy Fire WHEN: September 24 WHERE: Southern Cross Club Gypsies are a peripatetic bunch, always here, always there; the traditional travellers of the world. Canberra is beneficiary of this peripatetic urge, with another group of gypsy musicians coming through to play the SCC. Led by gypsy violinist Antal Szalai and featuring virtuoso musicians and singers, Gypsy Fire "celebrates romance, passion and fire of the Gypsies' unique repertoire. Their sublime musical menu ranges from traditional flavours of Gypsy, Csardas, Verbunk, Roma and Hungarian Folk music - the Australian audiences will be treated to a night of exciting World music you will not want to miss."
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	Imperial Russian Ballet Company : WHAT: Swan Lake WHEN: Sunday October 4 @ 3pm and 8pm WHERE: Canberra Theatre As part of their first ever tour to Australia, the Imperial Russian Ballet Company is coming to Canberra for one day only to perform "the most loved classical ballet of them all", Swan Lake. Now, the story is: boy meets girl. Girl is swan. Evil sorcerer mocks their love. Sadness ensues. This time around, the company will be performing the 'original' 'happy ending' decreed under Stalinist rule, where "the virtues of love and forgiveness in the end conquer evil and betrayal." Sweet. Tix go for between $70 and $80, call the CTC on 6275 2700 for more deets.
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	University of Canberra Creative Writers: WHAT: Undertow: FIRST 2009 launch WHEN: Wednesday September 30 1.15pm WHERE: UC Co-op Bookshop For fifteen years, students at the University of Canberra have been submitting their writing to FIRST, an annual anthology of creative work. On September 30, children's author Ingrid Jonach will launch Undertow, the collection of stories and word-worlds for 2009. The 29 works have been selected from almost 200 submissions, while the anthology has been designed and edited by students, under the guidance of editor Irma Gold. With a foreword by Steve Conte, the winner of the PM's Award for Fiction, Undertow packs a hefty literary punch. Pick it up at the UC Co-op from September 30.
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	Antonia Aitken: WHAT: Printmaking exhibition WHEN: Until Sunday September 20 WHERE: ANCA Gallery, Rosevear Place Local printmaker Antonia Aitken is exhibiting a series of new intaglio and relief prints that are part of her ongoing exploration into the human relationship with the land. Aitken utilizes a range of traditional printmaking techniques including woodblock and etching, focussing on the land around the Murrumbidgee and Namadgi National Park. Running til September 20 at ANCA, the exhibition is free of charge.
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