Ben Apfelbaum

ST MARY’S CHOIR AND SINFONIA AUSTRALIS PRESENT FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS CAROLS

What could be more ethereal and heavenly as a boys choir singing in a perfectly acoustic spot such as St Mary’s Cathedral.

Listening to the choir I was reminded of the Vienna Boys Choir who were singing in Sydney;s Town Hall as news of World War 2 broke out. All twenty choristers were stranded in Australia and never went back to Europe. As of 2004 nine were still living. I could not find a more up to date reference.

Speaking of history the St Mary’s Cathedral Choir is celebrating its 201st anniversary this year. It is recognised as the oldest musical ensemble in Australia, having been founded in 1818. 

24 boy choristers sing with 12 professional adult singers to make up Australia’s only fully professional Cathedral Choir.

Lovers of choral music will have an opportunity to hear the full choir together with choral works by Bach, Handel and Rutter together with beloved traditional carols.

The 7pm concert tomorrow (Friday) is sold out but there may be seats at the earlier 11am concert. For booking go to www.cathedralchoir.sydney/accc or 82562222.

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Published by Ben Apfelbaum

My photography began when my father handed me the proverbial brownie box camera as a child. As cameras developed I went through Fujica and Olympus range finders graduating to my first single lens reflex camera, the Minolta SRT101, the latter being the greatest facilitator to my growth as a photographer. Digital photography has only added to this. I was a regular contributor to Camera Craft magazine (Australian Camera ) for over three years. During Australia’s Bicentennial year (1988) I made it a personal project to document the celebrations. This culminated in the creation of a book of my photos which was published in 1989. The book was called CELEBRATING AUSTRALIA and came with an accompanying calendar. My works have appeared in a number of publications including the coffee book entitled MY AUSTRALIA (1989), publisher Robertsbridge Severn. This book had a preface by the then Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke. I was a co-photographer on a book entitled SYDNEY- DISCOVER THE CITY with text written by Robert Treborland. Major Mitchell Press was the publisher. Also for two years I was the photographer for calendars celebrating Sydney’s multicultural communities. The two calendars were entitled MULTICULTURAL SYDNEY. My work appeared in a group exhibition held at Sydney’s Town Hall pertaining to the diversity of life in South America to raise money for orphanages there. I have over one hundred photos stored in the New South Wales State Library archive. I had a solo exhibition held in 2007 entitled Ben’s Lens at the Sydney Jewish Museum which celebrated the vibrancy of the Sydney Jewish community. Some of these photos are on the Museum’s permanent display. I have exhibited internationally firstly at the Spruill Gallery in Atlanta Georgia, united states, and in an exhibition entitled Kosher and Co at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Currently I am a regular contributor to J-Wire and this esteemed publication.