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!
Conductor: Elizabeth
Scott
Guest artist: Owen
Torr (harp)
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, and a
newly-commissioned Australian work by Gordon Kerry, composer-in-residence at
the Australian National Academy of Music, whose music for choirs, chamber
ensembles and orchestras is in demand in the USA and Europe as well as across
Australia.
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.
Sydney
Chamber Choir is assisted by the NSW Government through Arts NSW and by the
Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and
advisory body.
Event Link:
http://www.stickytickets.com.au/2918
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