LORETO TOORAK
Loreto Cultural Series
Ensemble Ancien It was gratifying to be able to welcome an audience, in person, to the Chapel of Christ the King on Sunday afternoon, 18 April, for a delightful performance by Ensemble Ancien. The Ensemble features our very own alumna, soprano Emilia Bertolini (2014) along with soprano, Alexandra Toussaint-Jackson and instrumentalists, Donald Nicolson (harpsichord), Nicholas Pollock (theorbo) and Lucy Price (cello). Ensemble Ancien is a collective of passionate early music specialists devoted to the performance of rare music from the 17th and 18th centuries. Their stylistic interpretations present the true elegance and charm of the early music genre. They present an eclectic range of salon music including pieces by Purcell, Rameau and Handel. The excellent acoustics of the Chapel were perfectly suited to the clarion tones of the soprano duo with the interweaving harmonies of the repertoire. The instrumentalists performed as soloists in their own right as well as providing accompaniment to the singers.
We congratulate
Sr Deirdre and Pr Wright OAM Congratulations to Sr Deirdre Browne IBVM and to Associate Professor Edwina Wright AM (PY 1976), who were this year recipients of an OAM (Medal of the Order of Australia) in the Queen’s Birthday Honour List. Sr Deidre, a dear friend of Loreto Toorak and composer of Lead Us On Mary Ward, was recognised for “service to the community as a religious sister and through music, education and the liturgical arts”. Professor Wright, a past pupil of Loreto Toorak, graduating in the Class of 1976, was recognised for significant service to medicine, specifically for her work with people living with HIV/AIDS. This is a truly well-deserved recognition of Sr Deirdre’s and Professor Wright’s dedicated work, always carried out in a spirit of generosity, creativity and wisdom. Our whole School community joins in celebrating and congratulating Sr Deidre and Professor Wright!
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