SYDNEY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE CHOIR & ORCHESTRA
directed by Christopher Bowen OAM
Saturday 5th April 7.00pm St. Thomas Church, North Sydney
“JOHANNES-PASSION”
Join us in Lent for a performance of Bach’s dramatic and moving “St John Passion”. This timeless masterpiece depicts the last days of Jesus according to the Gospel of St. John. It is a powerful and compelling musical fresco with its compassionate narrative masterfully translated into extraodinarily expressive music of great depth and intensity.
Lana Kains - soprano Olivia Payne - alto Joshua Oxley - Evangelist Matthew Reardon - tenor Simon Lobelson - Christus Jack Stephens - Petrus, Pilatus
SYDNEY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE CHOIR & ORCHESTRA
directed by Christopher Bowen OAM
Sunday 10th August 3.00pm Great Hall, University of Sydney
“REVERBERATIONS….”
Premiere performances of works by Franz Lachner
Requiem in F minor Opus 146 - Franz Lachner
Mirjams Siegesgesang - Schubert orchestrated Lachner
Franz Lachner’s music pays homage to two of Vienna’s greatest composers, Mozart and Schubert. Lachner wrote his brilliant “Requiem in F minor” for the celebrations of Mozart’s 100th birthday in 1856. It was lauded as “the most perfect of its kind after Mozart’s “Requiem”.
Lachner also orchestrated Schubert’s “Mirjams Siegesgesang” as a “labour of love” to honour his good friend Franz Schubertafter his early death.
This will be a rare opportunity to experience this neglected composer’s inspiring and surprising music.
Soloists to be announced
Amy Moore - soprano
SYDNEY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE CHOIR & ORCHESTRA
directed by Christopher Bowen OAM
Saturday 29th November 7.00pm St. Thomas Church, North Sydney
“A FEAST of CHRISTMAS MUSIC”
Oratorio de Noël - Camille Saint-Saëns
Other works to be announced
Start the festive season with a musical celebration of Christmas and the joy of fine choral singing.
The centrepiece of this varied Christmas concert will be Saint-Saëns lyrical, colourful and expressive “Oratorio de Noël”, a homage to J.S Bach and written when the composer was just 23 years old. It is an astoundingly beautiful work and the perfect celebration of Christmas.
Soloists to be announced
Lana Kains - soprano