The brilliance of brass and the warmth of the human voice, in a concert of resonances and reflections. From Renaissance masters Gabrieli and Schütz, the original ‘surround sound’, with multiple choirs calling to each other in glorious harmony. From British mystic John Tavener, a tantalising journey into eternity, with voices overlapping like waves on sand.

 Australian composers Clare Maclean and Brooke Shelley draw on melodies of the past to create new worlds of transcendent beauty. And at the heart of this program, the exquisite Mass for Double Choir of the 20th-century Swiss composer Frank Martin: intensely private music created for the ears of God alone.

 The Program 

Giovanni Gabrieli Jubilate Deo | Magnificat

Clare Maclean Christ the King

Frank Martin Mass for Double Choir

Heinrich Schütz Deutsches Magnificat

Brooke Shelley Heavenly Father

John Tavener A Hymn to the Mother of God

 

Performers

 SAM ALLCHURCH 
Conductor

SYDNEY CHAMBER CHOIR

CAMERATA ANTICA led by Matthew Manchester

 

 SPLENDOUR AND MYSTERY

Saturday, 25 March | 7.30pm

Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Live stream on Australian Digital Concert Hall

 

Tickets: sydneychamberchoir.org

or call 1300 661 738