The Sydney University Graduate Choir and full orchestra under Music Director, Christopher Bowen OAM, present a concert of timeless carols and sacred music, featuring the rare delight of Josef Rheinberger’s Christmas cantata, The Star of Bethlehem. Munich-based Rheinberger (1839-1901) composed the Star of Bethlehem to words by his wife, the gifted poet Franziska “Fanny” von…
Sydney Sings Brahms- A German Requiem Sydney University Graduate Choir and Guest Choir/ Christopher Bowen OAM -conductor Sydney Town Hall 10 November 2019 Written by Victoria Watson Sydney University Graduate Choir was formed in the 1950s and has evolved in the decades since into a large ambitious ensemble of over one hundred voices. Christopher Bowen…
Sydney University Graduate Choir presents the premiere performance in Australia of the remarkable Requiem Mass by François Joseph Gossec (1734-1825). The performance will be conducted by the distinguished music director, Christopher Bowen OAM. The choir will be joined by an outstanding line-up of soloists: Anita Kyle (soprano), Keara Donohoe (Alto), Matthew Reardon (Tenor), and Christopher Richardson…