Composer Gavin Lockley is passionate about the music of the Australian bush. In a landscape that is as severe as it is beautiful, survival is key, so it’s fitting that Lockley’s work My Country Australia is being performed this week to celebrate the 85th anniversary of Australia’s iconic Royal Flying Doctor Service. My Country Australia…
This weekend Bel a capella presents ‘Lux Aeterna’, a clever programme of mostly 20th century gems of choral music. The repertoire pairs Paul Stanhope’s Lux Aeterna with Elgar’s ethereal work of the same name, and two collections of five songs – Sir Michael Tippett’s rhythmic Five Negro Spirituals and Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs. As well, the…
Two powerful images from the events of Good Friday at Calvary, are brought together in music on Good Friday, 22nd April when Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater is performed alongside Stainers’ Crucifixion, at St Stephen’s Church, in Macquarie Street, Sydney. Pergolesi’s work paints the grieving mother whilst Stainer’s depicts the object of her grief – the crucifixion death of her Son. In fact,…