Sydney Chamber Choir

Three musical centuries, three faces of Easter. Grief, hope and wonder collide and blossom into music of melting beauty as Mary the mother of Christ watches her son’s agony on the cross in Scarlatti’s Baroque masterpiece, the Stabat Mater for ten-part choir. The solemn dignity and anguished sorrow of mourning are honoured in the sublime Mass for the Dead of Spanish Renaissance master Tomás Luis de Victoria. Australian composer Anne Boyd draws our gaze out of the darkness into the light of Easter Day with a new work based on ancient plainsong melodies. An unforgettable journey into the innermost riches of lush choral sound.

Artists

Sydney Chamber Choir
Liz Scott – guest conductor
Neal Peres Da Costa – organ and harpsichord
Daniel Yeadon – Baroque cello
Tommie Andersson – theorbo and Spanish Baroque guitar

Program

Anne Boyd: Cum rex gloriae + (world premiere)
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C major, K513
Santiago de Murcia: Gaitas-Cumbees
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Requiem
Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater

+ This work has been commissioned for the Sydney Chamber Choir by Fr Arthur Bridge AM on behalf of Ars Musica Australis.

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