Collegium Musicum Choir And Orchestra – Vespers, a Mass and a Magnificat

Collegium Musicum Choir And Orchestra – Vespers, a Mass and a Magnificat

In its inaugural concert of the 2015 season, the 80-voice Collegium Musicum Choir directed by Sonia Maddock and the collegium Musicum Orchestra led by Dene Olding present sacred choral music of the classical era. Opening the program is Schubert’s joyous setting of the Magnificat canticle, originally composed for Vespers at the Lichtental church where Schubert himself was…

Collegium Musicum Choir Performs French Choral Classics

The Collegium Musicum Choir presents the rich traditions of French choral music, performing the works of some of its greatest composers renowned for their supple approaches to writing for the voice.  Directed in this second concert of the 2014 season by Sonia Maddock, the vibrant Collegium Musicum Choir, resident at the University of New South Wales,…

SUMS Presents —

SUMS Presents —

  The Sydney University Musical Society (SUMS) presents its first concert of 2014, featuring Vivaldi’s Magnificat RV 610 and Schubert’s Mass no 2 in G D 167 accompanied by a string orchestra and organ. Vivaldi’s Magnificat, a nine-movement mass for four-part chorus, strings and continuo is filled with rich contrasts of tonality, tempo, meter and rhythmic figures, homophonic…