Paul Stanhope: A Decade At The Helm Of The Sydney Chamber Choir

Paul Stanhope: A Decade At The Helm Of The Sydney Chamber Choir

On the eve of his departure as Musical Director of the Sydney Chamber Choir, Paul Stanhope confesses that his initial efforts at programming were akin to ‘bolting out of the starting blocks’, curating an adventurous concert which he recalls attracted only a small audience. A decade on, talking to SoundsLikeSydney, he says he has learnt…

‘Tales of Two Cities’ from the Sydney Chamber Choir and the Adelaide Chamber Singers

‘Tales of Two Cities’ from the Sydney Chamber Choir and the Adelaide Chamber Singers

The Sydney Chamber  Choir and Adelaide Chamber Singers reprise their successful 2012 collaboration to perform two famous works for forty voices – Thomas Tallis’ monumental Spem in alium and Gabriel Jackson’s companion piece Sanctum est Lumen Verum. Jackson’s  work has been described in Gramophone magazine as an ‘astonishing tour de force in  which the strands of musical texture cascade…

St John Passion – Sydney Chamber Choir and the Adelaide Chamber Singers collaborate

St John Passion – Sydney Chamber Choir and the Adelaide Chamber Singers collaborate

The St John Passion BWV 245 was Johann Sebastian Bach’s first and is his most oft performed passion. It’s a repository of the best of Baroque writing, replete with choruses and da capo arias, recitatives, tutti and small group (concertino) sections. It contains writing and orchestration that makes Baroque music able to fulfil the twin…