★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “We were often covered in a blanket of sound, of sheer energy…” – Sydney Arts Guide, 2023 –
The English cathedral is a place of sanctuary from the distractions of a hectic world. It’s also the home of a rich and enduring choral tradition, and you don’t have to be a believer to find comfort in the transcendent beauty and reflective spirituality of sacred music.
For this Sydney Philharmonia Choirs concert, Brett Weymark turns to the cathedral for inspiration, assembling some of the great hymns and anthems in a stirring program featuring the 140-voice Symphony Chorus and David Drury at the Sydney Opera House Grand Organ. This is music that has filled the air at coronations, weddings, jubilees and funerals – the perfect accompaniment for pageantry and celebration, for meditation and mourning.
The musical treats range from Hubert Parry’s I Was Glad, sung at every English coronation since 1902, and the luscious sounds of Henry Balfour Gardiner’s Evening Hymn, to Howard Goodall’s poignant setting of Psalm 23, which began life as the theme for The Vicar of Dibley. And this ‘evensong’ for the concert hall concludes with the Australian premiere of music from A Season to Sing, a choral transformation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with words by Emily Brontë.
After a performance in the splendid acoustic of Sydney’s ‘secular cathedral’, the Sydney Opera House, I Was Glad will tour to Bathurst and Goulburn, for performances in two of NSW’s great cathedrals.
Tuesday 1 April | 7pm Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
Saturday 5 April | 2pm All Saints Cathedral | Bathurst
Saturday 12 April | 2pm St Peter & Paul’s Old Cathedral | Goulburn
This performance will run for 2 hours and 20 minutes, including one 20-minute interval.
PROGRAM
Hubert PARRY I Was Glad Hubert PARRY Blest Pair of Sirens John IRELAND Greater Love Hath No Man Roxanna PANUFNIK Coronation Sanctus Howard GOODALL The Lord is My Shepherd William Henry MONK Abide with Me Gerald FINZI Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice Cecilia McDOWALL Celebration, for organ William HARRIS Bring Us, O Lord God Edgar BAINTON And I Saw a New Heaven Edward ELGAR Give Unto the Lord (Psalm 29) Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS All the People That On Earth Do Dwell Edward BAIRSTOW Blessed City of Heavenly Salem Henry Balfour GARDINER Evening Hymn Joanna FORBES L’ESTRANGE A Season to Sing: Spring and Summer*
* Australian premiere of an international co-commission from 55 choirs, including Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
ARTISTS
Brett Weymark conductor Symphony Chorus David Drury organ
TICKETS
SYDNEY
A booking fee of $8.95 per transaction applies.
BATHURST & GOULBURN
General Admission $40 Concessions $35 Under 30 $30
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“We were often covered in a blanket of sound, of sheer energy…”
– Sydney Arts Guide, 2023 –
The English cathedral is a place of sanctuary from the distractions of a hectic world. It’s also the home of a rich and enduring choral tradition, and you don’t have to be a believer to find comfort in the transcendent beauty and reflective spirituality of sacred music.
For this Sydney Philharmonia Choirs concert, Brett Weymark turns to the cathedral for inspiration, assembling some of the great hymns and anthems in a stirring program featuring the 140-voice Symphony Chorus and David Drury at the Sydney Opera House Grand Organ. This is music that has filled the air at coronations, weddings, jubilees and funerals – the perfect accompaniment for pageantry and celebration, for meditation and mourning.
The musical treats range from Hubert Parry’s I Was Glad, sung at every English coronation since 1902, and the luscious sounds of Henry Balfour Gardiner’s Evening Hymn, to Howard Goodall’s poignant setting of Psalm 23, which began life as the theme for The Vicar of Dibley. And this ‘evensong’ for the concert hall concludes with the Australian premiere of music from A Season to Sing, a choral transformation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with words by Emily Brontë.
After a performance in the splendid acoustic of Sydney’s ‘secular cathedral’, the Sydney Opera House, I Was Glad will tour to Bathurst and Goulburn, for performances in two of NSW’s great cathedrals.
Tuesday 1 April | 7pm
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
Saturday 5 April | 2pm
All Saints Cathedral | Bathurst
Saturday 12 April | 2pm
St Peter & Paul’s Old Cathedral | Goulburn
This performance will run for 2 hours and 20 minutes, including one 20-minute interval.
PROGRAM
Hubert PARRY I Was Glad
Hubert PARRY Blest Pair of Sirens
John IRELAND Greater Love Hath No Man
Roxanna PANUFNIK Coronation Sanctus
Howard GOODALL The Lord is My Shepherd
William Henry MONK Abide with Me
Gerald FINZI Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice
Cecilia McDOWALL Celebration, for organ
William HARRIS Bring Us, O Lord God
Edgar BAINTON And I Saw a New Heaven
Edward ELGAR Give Unto the Lord (Psalm 29)
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS All the People That On Earth Do Dwell
Edward BAIRSTOW Blessed City of Heavenly Salem
Henry Balfour GARDINER Evening Hymn
Joanna FORBES L’ESTRANGE A Season to Sing: Spring and Summer*
* Australian premiere of an international co-commission from 55 choirs, including Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
ARTISTS
Brett Weymark conductor
Symphony Chorus
David Drury organ
TICKETS
SYDNEY
A booking fee of $8.95 per transaction applies.
BATHURST & GOULBURN
General Admission $40
Concessions $35
Under 30 $30
A booking fee of $8.95 per transaction applies.
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