Sydney University Graduate Chamber Choir Premieres Gossec’s Requiem

Sydney University Graduate Chamber Choir Premieres Gossec’s Requiem

Sydney University Graduate Choir presents the premiere performance in Australia of the remarkable Requiem Mass by François Joseph Gossec (1734-1825). The performance will be conducted by the distinguished music director, Christopher Bowen OAM. The choir will be joined by an outstanding line-up of soloists: Anita Kyle (soprano), Keara Donohoe (Alto), Matthew Reardon (Tenor), and Christopher Richardson…

Sydney University Graduate Choir Performs Mendelssohn’s St Paul

Sydney University Graduate Choir Performs Mendelssohn’s St Paul

The Sydney University Graduate Choir presents Mendelssohn’s first oratorio, the rarely performed St. Paul – or Paulus, sung in the original German. A musical masterpiece, this work was one of the composer’s most often performed during his lifetime. It revived the oratorio as a musical form, and subsequently led to a commission of Mendelssohn’s other great oratorio, Elijah. Telling…