
2025 Concerts
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BONHOEFFER SYMPOSIUM

in Collaboration with Ensemble Nobiles and St John's Southgate
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1 March 2025, 7.30pm
St John's, Southgate
A newly-composed Mass (Paul Heller) with 5 Motets on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's writings, for two a cappella choirs. Motets by: David Hamilton /NZ], Matthew Harris /USA], Sandra Milliken (Australia/, Alec Roth /UK/, Manfred Schlenker /Germany)
FREE CONCERT | NO TICKET REQUIRED
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian and key figure in the Confessing Church's resistance to Nazi rule, is best remembered for his profound theological writings and courageous opposition to Hitler. A proponent of ecumenism and a critic of the church's complacency, Bonhoeffer rejected "cheap grace" and emphasized a "worldly" Christianity committed to justice and human dignity. He was involved in a plot to assassinate Hitler, which led to his arrest and execution in 1945. His posthumous works, particularly Letters and Papers from Prison, explore a "secular" Christianity that focuses on God’s suffering in the world, influencing modern theological debates and movements for church reform.
This concert is part of a larger symposium about Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s life, writings and theology, which requires separate registration if you wish to attend.
More information on Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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CHORAL DELIGHTS OF 7 CENTURIES
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23rd March 2025, 3.00pm
All Saints, East St Kilda
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29th March 2025, 3.00pm
St Ambrose Church, Woodend
Program
Josquin des Prez (c.1450–1521)
Inviolata, integra, et casta es Maria
Jacobus Clemens non Papa (1510/1515–1555/1556)
Fremuit spiritu Jesus
Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)
Gott der Vater wohn uns bei
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Fest- und Gedenksprüche, Opus 109
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Choral Dances from Gloriana
Calvin Bowman (b. 1972)
Death be not proud
Woodend Winter Arts Festival
7th & 8th June 2025
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More details to be announced
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