For the past 8 years, a project has been quietly whirring away in one of Sydney’s oldest concert venues in Darlinghurst, the Big Schoolroom at Sydney Grammar School. In 2005, the Sydneian Bach Choir embarked on project to perform every single one of J S Bach’s 200 extant cantatas. This month, that project finally comes to an…
Handel’s timeless masterpiece Messiah is being performed this weekend by the choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney with orchestra and soloists soprano Kim Dover, bass Alex Knight and featuring trumpeter Paul Goodchild. Conducted by Thomas Wilson, the choir features the men and boys of the St Mary’s Cathedral Choir. This smaller vocal ensemble along with…
Sydney Chamber Opera (SCO) presents the modern classic The Lighthouse by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. The one-act opera with libretto by the composer, is his second and centres around three lighthouse keepers and the true story of the mysterious desertion of the Flannan Isles lighthouse in 1900. The opera opens with a prologue set…