The Choir of St James’ King Street along with artists from Opera Australia, presents Immortality: Brahms – Ein deutsches Requiem in the continuation of its 2013 Metamorphosis Concert Series. Complementing Brahms’ moving choral masterpiece the choir will perform motets by Schütz and Bach, building on the theme of hope in the face of mortality. Inspired in part by the death of…
On Saturday 4 May Warren Trevelyan-Jones conducted the Choir and Baroque Orchestra of St James’ Church, King Street, in a stylish performance of Handel’s delightful pastorale Acis and Galatea. The work has always been justifiably popular. During Handel’s lifetime it was performed over 70 times, making it the most frequently performed of his dramatic works. …
The Choir of St James’ directed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones continues its Metamorphosis Concert Series with a semi-staged presentation of Handel’s tragicomic masterpiece, Acis and Galatea. Based on Ovid’s gripping tale of unrequited love in a troubled paradise (one of his celebrated Metamorphoses), this pastoral work features moving arias and rousing choruses dealing with themes of passion, loss,…