Fringe 2010
Rebels Without a Chord
Rip It Up review:
Rebels Without A Chord
The Cavern Club, Sun Feb 21
Like the Adelaide Festival, the Adelaide University Choral Society is celebrating their 50th anniversary. They mark the occasion with this selection of pop songs from the likes of Ben Folds, Seal and Cold Chisel. It’s fascinating to see what they do with these songs. It is a bit strange to hear a choir do a Chisel song, but a madrigal arrangement of the Beatles’ Can’t Buy Me Love worked really well. The highlight for me was a song originally written with multiple harmonies – the Beach Boys’ I Get Around. Despite the fact they are performing pop songs the overall feel is still more choral than pop. If you like listening to people sing, you’re going to really enjoy this. A great venue – check out the Beatles memorabilia in the break.
Final Word: Intriguing.
Michael Coglan
Cradle Song
Tue, 01/12/2009 - 15:46 — rhys
This Saturday, AUCS presents Cradle Song, our Christmas concert.
Join us for an evening of choral music by Bach, Britten, Howells and others - traditional favourites, new interpretations and a refreshing break from department store carols!Where: Christ Church, North Adelaide (35 Palmer Place)
When: December 5th at 6:00 pm
Tickets: Adults $15, Students/Concession $10.The Romantics
Tue, 05/05/2009 - 23:10 — rhysTired? Stressed? In need of rejuvenation?
Turn not to dietary supplements. Join with AUCS to celebrate the impassioned, immortal and revitalizing music of the masters:
Brahms, Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Liszt and Kodaly.Time: Sunday June 14, 2 pm.
Place: Christ Church, 35 Palmer Place, North Adelaide
Price: $15 adult, $10 concession, at the door.AUCS gratefully acknowledges the support of the Elder Conservatorium of Music
Fringe 2009
Dark Side of the Choir
An Evening of Choral Rock
What do choristers do after the conductor has gone home? They plug in their guitars and make choral rock! Join the seventy voice Adelaide University Choral Society in an evening of classics from five decades, including The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Queen, Toto, The Beach Boys, Coldplay and The Who.
Sunday 1st March, 7:00 PM
Saturday 7th March, 5:00 PM
Sunday 8th March, 7:00 PMThe Cavern Club, 136 North Tce
(Downstairs in Station Arcade)$17 Regular
$12 ConcessionRip It Up Review
How to ensure a full house on opening night? Be a hometown choir with 70 members. From the first spine-tingling, joyous crescendo, our charming MC/conductor led audience and choir through thrills and spills in a who’s who of rock classics, a cappella or with band. Ambitious centrepiecemedleys from Dark Side Of The Moon and Jesus Christ Superstar (Michael Gehling’s solo particularly well-handled) were satisfying, sometimes sublime. Beatles’ Blackbird, Cohen’s Hallelujah and Seal’s (strangely Medieval) Kiss From A Rose were perfectly blended, emotion soared with Nic Lock’s solo on Queen’s Teo Toriatte, Fix You made Coldplay sound like the cover band. Balance issues (band/choir and between sections, particularly where tenor melody was overwhelmed by on-mic soprano harmony) and first-night synch wobbles were largely resolved by second set. A wild and haunting show that simply rocked.
Kate Battersby & Ian NewtonAttachment Size PDF, High Resolution 1.95 MB JPG, Low Resolution 88.69 KB JPG, High Resolution 553.6 KB
Upcoming
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Tue, 23/03/2010 - 20:00 - 20:15
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Thu, 01/04/2010 - 18:00 - Mon, 05/04/2010 - 12:00Adelaide
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Fri, 07/05/2010 - 19:30 - 22:00Christ Church Hall, 35 Palmer Place, North Adelaide
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Sat, 08/05/2010 - 19:30 - 22:00Christ Church Hall, 35 Palmer Place, North Adelaide