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Hiroshima Peace Service

August 7, 2016 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

St Michael’s pauses to remember Hiroshima Peace Day.
We are delighted to announce that the Consul-General of Japan, Ms Keiko Haneda, will be attending the service.

During this service we will be remembering the 140,000 irreplaceable human lives that were lost, either on the day of the bombing or in the ensuing months, and the numerous atomic bomb survivors who still suffer from its aftereffects even to this day.

We do this for four reasons:
We have a valued relationship with the Melbourne Japanese Consulate.
St Michael’s stands for the prevention of war and violence.
We as humanity are affected by the vast loss of human lives.
Many of St Michael’s have visited Hiroshima and heard the Hiroshima Bell sounded across the peace garden of Hiroshima.


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St Michael’s is a unique church in the heart of the city. Unique for its relevant, contemporary preaching that embraces and inner wellbeing as its core message.

Sunday services include a mix of traditional and modern presentations interspersed with inspirational music performed by world-class musicians.

St Michael’s affirms and encourages the best expression of humanity, not only through the Sunday service but though our wellbeing programs and our commitment to counselling and psychotherapy. We believe faith, spirituality and a meaning to life are vital ingredients for our health and wellbeing and that there is a need to get hold of a more authentic religious understanding.

Sunday services commence at 10am.
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08.07.2016 - Hiroshima Peace Day


Guest artist: Brett Kelly (Trombone)

Music between the readings:  Recitative and Air from ‘Elijah’ – Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Music during the offering: Cavatine Op. 144 – Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
The Postlude:  ‘Nimrod’ from the Enigma Variations – Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Artist Bio: Brett Kelly has been the Principal Trombone of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra since 1981. Brett played in Newcastle Brass Band and was Principal Trombonist in the Australian Youth Orchestra before joining the orchestra of Opera Australia and later taking up his position at the MSO.

Committed to new Australian music, Brett has been a core member of three influential Australian contemporary music ensembles – Flederman, The Seymour Group and Elision and has played or conducted the premieres of over 300 new works. From 1989 to 2004 Brett was Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of The Academy of Melbourne, a chamber orchestra comprising his colleagues in the MSO. He has also conducted the Melbourne, Tasmanian, Adelaide, Queensland and West Australian Symphony Orchestras, along with Orchestra Victoria, Sydney Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia and Southern Sinfonia.

Since 2003 he has been Resident Conductor of Chamber Made Opera. Brett has conducted the orchestral scores of more than 20 major films, seven of which have been by David Hirschfelder.

Details

Date:
August 7, 2016
Time:
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Event Category:

Venue

St Michael’s Uniting Church
120 Collins Street
Melbourne, Australia
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Organizer

St Michael’s Uniting Church
Phone
03 9654 5120