Sydney Chamber Choir 50th Anniversary Gala Concert

Celebrate the beauty and the thrill of new music, as we give the world premiere performances of five pieces specially commissioned by Sydney Chamber Choir from five of the most exciting compositional talents in the country, each exploring a different facet of what love can mean. 

And then experience the emotional power of Paul Stanhope’s groundbreaking and award-winning re-imagining of the Requiem mass, its ancient texts enriched with contemporary insights on love, loss, life and hope from poets including Emily Dickinson and Oodgeroo Noonuccal.

Sydney Chamber Choir, celebrating its 50th year of championing the creation and performance of new Australian music, is joined for this gala concert by soprano and tenor soloists and an ensemble featuring some of Australia’s finest chamber musicians.

• Program

  Luke Byrne

  Song*

  Anne Cawrse

  The Greatest of These*

  Meta Cohen

  Meteora*

  Nardi Simpson

  New work*

  Paul Stanhope

  We might be fifty*

  Paul Stanhope

  Requiem

  *World premiere

• Artists

  Sam Allchurch

  Conductor

  Sydney Chamber Choir

  Brooke Window

  Soprano

  Richard Butler

  Tenor

  Nicola Bell

  Oboe/Cor anglais

  Andrew Barnes

  Bassoon

  Euan Harvey

  French horn

  Emily Granger

  Harp

  Jess Ciampa

  Percussion