The Sydney Consort Premieres An 18th Century Stabat Mater

The Sydney Consort Premieres An 18th Century Stabat Mater

The Sydney Consort presents the Australian premiere of Stabat Mater, a religious work for three voices & strings by 18th century Bohemian composer and Jesuit priest  Karel Loos. This is part of the ensemble’s traditional Good Friday concert  to which all are welcome. Loos’ Stabat Mater is a powerful and moving composition which paints a picture of…

April Highlights

April Highlights

  Chamber/cello  – There are two outstanding chamber music events in April with the Sitkovetsky Trio presented by Music Viva performing the music of Smetana, Beethoven (the Archduke Trio) and the world premiere of a new work by Carl Vine, commissioned for Music Viva by Julian Burnside AO QC to commemorate the composer’s 60th birthday. April…

The St John Passion For Easter

The St John Passion For Easter

For their 2014 Lenten concerts, the Choir of Christ Church St Laurence is joined by the St Laurence Baroque Orchestra conducted by Dr Neil McEwan to present J. S. Bach’s mighty St John Passion, BWV 245. Although Bach never wrote an opera, both his surviving Passions owe a great deal to the operatic tradition. The St John Passion is…