Welcome to our 2018 Season.
VOYAGE OF VOICES
This concert showcases two outstanding youth choirs and demonstrates how choral music brings us together, connecting people from opposite ends of the world. The program celebrates the beauty and power of the human voice, the talent and promise of youth and both the simplicity and complexity of a cappella choral music.
Saturday 24th February, 5pm
Christ Church St Laurence
Sunday 25th February, 3pm
St Patricks Cathedral, Parramatta
PROGRAM
Matthew Orlovich Butterflies dance
Paul Stanhope Ban.Garay from Jandamarra
Luke Byrne Desert Sea
Dan Walker midwinter
Ross Edwards Mountain Chant
Ruth McCall Waltzing Matilda
Arvo Pärt Bogoroditse Djevo (Mother of God and Virgin)
Arvo Pärt Morning Star
Arvo Pärt The Woman with the Alabaster Box (Trad.) Arranged by Moses Hogan Battle of Jericho
Ola Gjeilo Unicornis Captivatur
Martin Gore (arr. By Eric Whitacre) Enjoy the Silence
Tõnu Korvits Peegeldused tasasest maast (Reflections from a plain land)
Pärt Uusberg Õhtul (In the Evening)
Dan Walker Dusk
Pärt Uusberg Muusika (Music)
ARTISTS
Elizabeth Scott conductor
Külli Lokko conductor
Kärolin Orav conductor
VOX
E STuudio Noortekoor
BACH B MINOR MASS
Bach’s Mass in B minor stands alongside his St. Matthew and St. John Passion’s as one of his major contributions to the music of Christian worship. Too long for all but the most grandly festive service of worship, Bach’s B Minor Mass presents a marvellous compendium of his musical and instrumental styles. Virtuosic solo arias with brilliant parts for solo instruments match exciting, powerful and expressive choruses, all illustrating the meaning of the text.
Saturday 31st March, 1pm
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B Minor BWV 232
ARTISTS
Brett Weymark conductor
Janet Todd soprano
Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano
Andrew Goodwin tenor
David Greco baritone
Symphony Chorus
Chamber Singers
Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra
BACH AND MOZART: IN THE IMAGINATION OF THEIR HEARTS
This Easter, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and the visiting Capella St Crucis from Hannover will fill the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall with the gloriously uplifting sounds of Bach’s Magnificat and Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor. And Antony Pitts takes inspiration from Bach in his thrilling new setting of ‘Mente cordis sui’ (In the imagination of their hearts).
Saturday 20th April, 2pm
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES
Behind nearly every great movie scene is an equally memorable musical moment. Pay closer attention and you’ll notice just how many of those are powered by the human voice. There’s really nothing the voice can’t express, and for the first Festival Chorus concert of 2019 we’re assembling a blockbuster program of the highlights.
Saturday 11 May, 8pm
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
CANDIDE
Sydney Philharmonia’s Chamber Singers appear in a new light! Accompanied by a jazz trio, they’ll present a cabaret-style concert of classic popular songs from the 1920s and 30s, wrapped in the stories of a city plunging between a spirit of optimism and the challenges of the Depression. Two intimate shows in Sydney and Parramatta.
Friday 30 August, 8pm
Sydney Opera House Utzon Room
Saturday 31 August, 8pm
Riverside Theatres, Parramatta
DVOŘÁK’S REQUIEM
In collaboration with the Sydney Youth Orchestra, our Festival Chorus gives a long overdue performance of Dvořák’s Mass for the Dead, one of his finest choral creations. Conducted by Brett Weymark, they’re joined by some of Australia’s top vocal soloists for an evening of musical drama and emotion.
Saturday 21 September, 8pm
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
CHORUS OZ ODE TO JOY
Beethoven is the most famous composer of all, the ‘Ode to Joy’ from his Ninth Symphony one of his best-known themes. Experience a mighty performance of this great choral finale when a thousand voices, plus full orchestra, come together in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall for ChorusOz 2019.
Sunday 9 June, 5pm
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall