Lux Aeterna, is a new album of music by Australian composer Paul Stanhope, performed by the Sydney Chamber Choir and release on ABC Classics on 8 September 2017. ‘Lux Aeterna’ – ‘eternal light’, represents the struggle of light and darkness: an ancient concept, inspiring music-making for centuries. The album brings this search for light into…
The Sydney Chamber Choir presents Benjamin Britten’s landmark cantata Saint Nicolas in a massed choral concert with guest conductor Brett Weymark in which the choir will be augmented with singers from the Santa Sabina Chamber Choir and the NSW Public Schools Singers. Instrumentalists include musicians from the NSW Public Schools Percussion Ensemble, a string quartet led by violist Nicole…
German Romantics Sydney Chamber Choir conducted by Sam Allchurch Great Hall, Sydney University April 8, 2017 When the Sydney Chamber Choir stepped up to the platform of Sydney University’s Great Hall last weekend to perform German Romantics, there was a new face at the helm. Emerging young conductor Sam Allchurch led the ensemble in a…