Concert Details
Independent Theatre, 269 Miller Street, North Sydney
With Christmas approaching, December can be hard work, so take a little time out to relax, enjoy some beautiful music, and learn to breathe again!
This program combines 16th-century musical treasures with a beloved 20th-century classic, Britten’s Ceremony of Carols. Innocence and wisdom combine in the ancient poetry and the exquisite music for women’s voices and harp.
Also featured is the lush O magnum mysterium by Morten Lauridsen, one of America’s most popular contemporary composers. Plus, a newly-commissioned Australian work by Gordon Kerry, whose music for choirs, chamber ensembles and orchestras is in demand in the USA and Europe as well as across Australia. Kerry was awarded the Ian Potter Cultural Trust Music Fellowship for 2009.
Artists
Conductor: Elizabeth Scott
Guest artist: Owen Torr (harp)
Program
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols
MORTEN LAURIDSEN: O magnum mysterium
TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA: O magnum mysterium, Missa O magnum mysterium
FRANCIS POULENC: Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël
GORDON KERRY: Et incarnatus est (World premiere; commissioned work*)
- The composition of this work was commissioned by The Ian Potter Cultural Trust.
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