Review: In Paradisum (Sydney Chamber Choir)
Challenging on many levels but always beautiful, vivid and brilliantly sung.
Shamistha de Soysa is a Sydney-based arts writer, reviewer, pianist and choral singer whose work also appears in The Saturday Paper and Limelight Arts Travel. She sang with Sydney Philharmonia Symphony Chorus for 12 years and was a volunteer at Fine Music FM.
Challenging on many levels but always beautiful, vivid and brilliantly sung.
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