Sydney Chamber Choir Fireside

Sydney Chamber Choir presents Fireside, a selection of classical, jazz and popular favourites, in a two-show collaboration with a jazz trio led by Kevin Hunt and co-directed by Naomi Crellin and Artistic Director Sam Allchurch. The concerts are at 5 pm and 8 pm on Saturday 29 June, 2024.

After the sell-out success of last year’s Winter Nights, the Sydney Chamber Choir returns to the Neilson at Walsh Bay with a whole new selection of music in an intimate and unusual concert setting. On the program are René Clausen’s Tonight Eternity Alone;  Jan Sandström’s double-choir setting of Lo, how a rose e’er blooming; and a glorious a cappella arrangement of Ruth Moody’s beloved anthem One Voice.

Sydney Chamber Choir is welcomes back Naomi Crellin co-directing with artistic director Sam Allchurch and leading a jazz trio led by Kevin Hunt, as they round out the program with Naomi’s arrangements of La vie en rose, Norwegian Wood and It’s Oh So Quiet, covered so brilliantly by Icelandic pop iconoclast Björk.

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Program Highlights: Waldemar Åhlén Sommarpsalm (Summer Hymn)/ Edvard Grieg Ave Maris Stella/ Ēriks Ešenvalds Only in Sleep/ René Clausen Tonight Eternity Alone/ J.S. Bach arr. Swingle Prelude no 9 in E from the Well Tempered Clavier/ Hans Lang, arr. Björk and Crellin It’s Oh So Quiet/Lennon/McCartney arr. Crellin  Norwegian Wood/Louiguy/Edith Piaf, arr. Crellin La vie en rose/Mia Makaroff Butterfly  &  Mitä kaikatat, kivonen? (Why are you complaining, grindstone?)/ Ruth Moody, arr. Crossin One Voice/ Jan Sandström Det är en ros utsprungen (Lo, how a rose e’er blooming)

Artists: Sydney Chamber Choir | Sam Allchurch Conductor | Naomi Crellin Conductor | Kevin Hunt Jazz Trio