Vivaldi’s Gloria was written around 1715 for the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, and it is paired here with José Carlos Amaral Vieira’s Stabat Mater. A student of Messiaen, the award-winning Brazilian composer originally wrote the work in 1988 with just a piano accompaniment. The following year, he reworked it…

Originally commissioned by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs for its 2020 centenary and premiered in 2023 at the Sydney Opera House, Human Waves was written by Elena Kats-Chernin and Tamara-Anna Cislowska. Exploring the migrant experience (and the shock of coming across a bikini or Vegemite for the first time), it has been…