Sydney Sings Messiah
Sydney University Graduate Choir, Guest Choir and Orchestra under music director Christopher Bowen OAM perform Handel’s perennial masterpiece, the oratorio Messiah. The soloists are Anita Kyle (soprano), Tim Chung (alto), Andrew Goodwin (tenor) and David Hidden (bass). The guest choir is drawn from communities across Sydney. Composed in 1741 and premiering in Dublin in March…
SUMS Presents —
The Sydney University Musical Society (SUMS) presents its first concert of 2014, featuring Vivaldi’s Magnificat RV 610 and Schubert’s Mass no 2 in G D 167 accompanied by a string orchestra and organ. Vivaldi’s Magnificat, a nine-movement mass for four-part chorus, strings and continuo is filled with rich contrasts of tonality, tempo, meter and rhythmic figures, homophonic…