Review: Breaking the Silence (Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
The restrained but heartfelt emotion of Fauré’s Requiem cut through the downpour outside with reassuring harmony and warmth.
The restrained but heartfelt emotion of Fauré’s Requiem cut through the downpour outside with reassuring harmony and warmth.
Is it safe to sing in choirs? Does the coronavirus more quickly among singers? Lyn Williams from Gondwana Choirs and Brett Weymark from Sydney Philharmonia Choirs discuss the issues involved ahead of a second Gondwana webinar.
Brett Weymark wrangles 600 singers to give this Christmas favourite power and nuance.
Simone Young proves a masterful storyteller in Mahler’s epic fairy tale cantata.
In Brett Weymark and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Dvořák’s rarely performed Requiem has found convincing advocates.
Celebrating its centenary next year, the Philharmonia has commissioned 12 Australian composers whose works will be performed throughout 2020.
Inventive arrangements of traditional carols and Christmas songs, and a luscious new work by Australia's Luke Byrne.
Requiems by Brahms and Dvořák, a new work by Antony Pitts, and the Great American Songbook are among next year's highlights.
A delightful concert version with a top cast led by Alexander Lewis, Caroline O'Connor and a glittering Annie Aitken.
Taryn Fiebig and Jud Arthur steal the show as a luminous Adam and Eve.
After surgery and chemotherapy, the popular soprano performs in The Creation for Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, alongside husband Jud Arthur.
Alexander Lewis, Anne Aitken, Caroline O'Connor and Kanen Breen will star in this semi-staged production of Bernstein's operetta.
A centenary production of Bernstein's Candide and Joby Talbot's Path of Miracles join three 18th-century choral masterpieces.