Victoria Victoria
This is a double CD of Victoria's 150th Gala Choral Concert held in Melbourne, Australia's Royal Exhibition Building in 1985 – sung by a 1000 voice choir, with orchestra conducted by Richard Divall. The highlight is Leon Caron's prize-winning 'Victoria Cantata', first performed in 1880.
Victorian College of the Arts Orchestra orchestra
Rosemary Boyle performer
Suzanne Johnston performer
Simon O'Loughlin performer
Peter Cox performer
Central Band of the Royal Australian Air Force ensemble
Modest Mussorgsky composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams composer
Sir Edward Elgar composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composer
Leon Caron composer
Artists
Track Listing
- Fanfare (Traditional) 1:04
- Aida Triumphal March Giuseppe Verdi 7:12
- Nabucco Hebrew Chorus Giuseppe Verdi 4:03
- Boris Godunov Coronation Scene Modest Mussorgsky 9:00
- Serenade to Music Ralph Vaughan Williams 13:00
- Land of Hope and Glory 3:53
- Land of Hope and Glory (encore) 3:49
- 1812 Overture Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 13:55
- Speech by the Governor of Victoria (Traditional) 5:38
- Victoria Cantata (1880) Leon Caron 18:11
Coronation Ode Sir Edward Elgar
Performers
- Richard Divall · tracks 2–10
- Victorian College of the Arts Orchestra · tracks 2–8 and 10
- Rosemary Boyle · tracks 5–7 and 10
- Suzanne Johnston · tracks 5–7 and 10
- Simon O'Loughlin · tracks 4–7 and 10
- Peter Cox · tracks 4–7 and 10
- Central Band of the Royal Australian Air Force · track 1
Composers
Modest Mussorgsky
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five". He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period. He strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, and the 1812 Overture.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams was born on 12 October 1872 in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, where his father, the Reverend Arthur Vaughan Williams (the surname Vaughan Williams is an unhyphenated double-barrelled name of Welsh origin), was vicar.
Where to listen
Victoria Victoria is available for streaming through Spotify and Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.
Victoria Victoria is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.