Sydney Philharmonia Choirs has announced its highly anticipated 2025 concert season, promising a joyous celebration of music’s power to unite and inspire.

Featuring an eclectic mix of masterpieces and contemporary works, the program, says Artistic and Music Director Brett Weymark, is a “celebration of the awesome power of the human voice.”

The repertoire spans centuries, from works by Bach, Brahms, and Rossini to compositions from leading contemporary voices such as Christopher Tin and Eric Whitacre, Australians Nardi Simpson and Alice Chance, and British composers Joanna Marsh and Joanna Forbes L’Estrange.

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Artistic Director Brett Weymark. Photo © Keith Saunders

The season launches on 1 April at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall with I Was Glad: Cathedral Classics, a celebration of English cathedral music.

Featuring the Choirs’ 140-voice Symphony Chorus and organist David Drury on the Opera House’s iconic Grand Organ, the music ranges 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...