{"id":1194,"date":"2014-07-21T21:53:49","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T11:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.australianbroadcastingmedia.com.au\/publishing\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2014-07-21T21:53:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T11:53:49","slug":"newcastle-university-choir-remembers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/2014\/07\/21\/newcastle-university-choir-remembers\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle University Choir "Remembers""},"content":{"rendered":"

I Remember <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>is the theme of their August 3 <\/span><\/span><\/span>concert, and it\u2019s also the title of a choral work by local composer Victor Marden. Vic will be joining the choir for this performance.<\/p>\n

I Remember <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>was first performed in 1998, to <\/span><\/span><\/span>commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of WWI. The work reflects Vic\u2019s experiences as a boy, and is an act of remembrance for his father and his mother\u2019s cousin.<\/p>\n

Vic grew up in the seaside village of Selsey. Here he witnessed the dogfights of the Battle of Britain, as Hurricanes and Spitfires fought off the Junkers and Messerschmitts of the invading Luftwaffe. His father served in K Class submarines in WWI. These steam-propelled vessels became known as Kalamity Class <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2013 one of their problems being that <\/span><\/span><\/span>in heavy seas seawater could enter the funnels and extinguish the boilers.<\/p>\n

Vic recalls that his mother and her cousin were very close. She told Vic of their last farewell, when he left to go to war, never to return. His body was never found, and she was unable to find his grave. In 1948 Vic came to Australia. A music lover, he studied singing and became involved in stage productions. In 1977 he moved to Adelaide and joined the Adelaide Harmony Choir.<\/p>\n

He composed his first work in 1991, and was encouraged to further his music studies. He studied composition with Russel Larkin, Music Director of the Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus. During this period he composed his <\/span><\/span><\/span>Coromandel <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i>Trio for Violin, Piano and Cello<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>, a number of <\/span><\/span><\/span>waltzes, duets and songs for soloists and choirs.<\/p>\n

I Remember <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>is a love story, it reflects the <\/span><\/span><\/span>experiences of those who lost their lives or loved ones in the tragedy of war. Our soloists will be Rebecca O\u2019Mara, Emma Elsley, Paul Morris and Peter Willis.<\/p>\n

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I Remember is the theme of their August 3 concert, and it\u2019s also the title of a choral work by local composer Victor Marden. Vic will be joining the choir for this performance. I Remember was first performed in 1998, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of WWI. The work reflects Vic\u2019s experiences … Continue reading “Newcastle University Choir "Remembers"”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classicalfm","category-radio16"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}