FOUR centuries of music will be on display in a festive performance by the Melbourne Bach Choir next month.<\/p>\n
The group\u2019s performance entitled A Christmas Fanfare <\/em>will features music spanning 400 years including traditional Christmas carols.<\/p>\n There will be choral works by Bach, Praetorius, Pinkham, Victoria, Poulenc, Britten and more.<\/p>\n Rick Prakhoff will be conducting the group with Calvin Bowman playing the organ, as well as accompaniment by a brass quintet.<\/p>\n \u201cOf course, we are the Melbourne Bach Choir, so the concert starts with two beautiful short works by Johann Sebastian Bach,\u201d said Prakhoff.<\/p>\n \u201cThen at the end of the concert we have the brass carols and the last three are very well-known ones that the audience can join is to sing.\u201d<\/p>\n Although the group has performed many times in Ballarat over the years, this is the first time they\u2019re putting on a Christmas themed concert.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve done a lot of performances at Ballarat Central Uniting Church and we love performing there but this is actually the first time since we formed we are doing a Christmas carol concert,\u201d said Prakhoff.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re all quite excited about that and the audience gets to do a bit of sing along as well which everyone loves.\u201d<\/p>\n Prakhoff said choir members enjoy returning regularly to Ballarat.<\/p>\n \u201cBallarat has always had a wonderful tradition of music and arts and it\u2019s been a very strong centre,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe always get a good audience and a knowledgeable audience that just wants to have a really good time.\u201d<\/p>\n