Sydney Chamber Choir premieres Yezerski’s Kaddish Avelim

Sydney Chamber Choir premieres Yezerski’s Kaddish Avelim

  Over the years, the Sydney Chamber Choir has garnered a reputation for its sophisticated performances of the best in both established and emerging choral music. Musical Director Paul Stanhope has also extended the concept of ‘classical’ choral performances and pioneered programmes of music that crosses faiths and underscores similarities rather than differences in beliefs. The ultimate question of this aesthetic is  whether religion and music can…

Lux Aeterna from bel a capella

Lux Aeterna from bel a capella

  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…

St John Passion – Sydney Chamber Choir and the Adelaide Chamber Singers collaborate

St John Passion – Sydney Chamber Choir and the Adelaide Chamber Singers collaborate

The St John Passion BWV 245 was Johann Sebastian Bach’s first and is his most oft performed passion. It’s a repository of the best of Baroque writing, replete with choruses and da capo arias, recitatives, tutti and small group (concertino) sections. It contains writing and orchestration that makes Baroque music able to fulfil the twin…