• The Parish Church of St James’ King Street: Music, Adventure, and a Big Bad Wolf

    St James Church, Sydney 173 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Join us for a family friendly afternoon of musical storytelling with Sergei Prokofiev's beloved classic, Peter and the Wolf. Narrated by The Rev'd Christopher Waterhouse and performed by Marko Sever on the church's magnificent new organ, this timeless classic introduces audiences of all ages to the characters of Peter, the…

    Sydney Chamber Choir: Cantos Sagrados

    St James Church, Sydney 173 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    This concert brings together three powerful 20th- and 21st-century masterworks for choir and organ that explore the human and the divine through poetry, faith and song. Benjamin Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb is both joyful and deeply moving — a portrait of faith and imagination forged in adversity. Setting Christopher…

    Bach Akademie Australia: Bach & Charpentier – Music for Christmas

    St James Church, Sydney 173 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Celebrate the season with a concert overflowing with Christmas joy and splendour. No work captures the spirit of a French Christmas more vividly than Charpentier’s Messe de minuit (Midnight Mass), an early Baroque masterpiece woven from the beloved French carols traditionally sung only at Christmas, it is one of the…

    Austral Harmony: Bach Springtime Pastoral

    St James Church, Sydney 173 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Instrumental trio arrangements devised from J S Bach's iconic cycle of cantatas composed in Leipzig. Several cantatas from the 1720s explore the theme of spring using the allegory of Jesus as a loving and protective shepherd. Performed by Austral Harmony on historical instruments: Margaret Caley - baroque violin, Jane Downer…