Forthcoming Concerts
Sunday September 26 2010, 3:30PM
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music Macquarie Street, Sydney
Our second concert explores the glorious Renaissance and Romantic repertoire for voices and brass. The music of Gabrieli and Monteverdi shines with the same burnished gold as the mosaics of St Mark’s Basilica in Venice, where it was first heard.Voices and brass combine and recombine in multiple choirs answering each other from on high, like choruses of angels singing for pure joy. When the visiting German composer Heinrich Schütz heard this, he did what any musical genius would do: adopted it and adapted it into his own writing! And Anton Bruckner, two centuries later, wasn’t about to pass up the opportunity either.
Experience the hushed awe of Gabrieli’s O magnum mysterium, the exultant joy of Jubilate Deo and the solemn splendour of Bruckner’s mighty motets. If you’ve tasted the rich, full flavours of this music before, you’ll be coming straight back for more. And if you’re new to this sublime choral sound, you’ll wonder why you didn’t start sooner!
Full DetailsSaturday December 11 2010, 7:30PM
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.
Full DetailsSunday December 12 2010, 4:00PM
St Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral 1 Marist Place, Parramatta
Join us in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta for a very special Christmas concert featuring 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, and the crystal purity of Tomás Luis de Victoria’s 16th-century setting of the same profoundly moving meditation on the miracle of Christmas.
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