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Sydney Philharmonia Choirs - Path of Miracles

Choral Singing /Chamber Music

Experience this awe inspiring journey with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs' Chamber Singers, where they beautifully capture the physical and spiritual experiences of the pilgrim. 

Friday 17th August, 8-9pm St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta.
Saturday 18th August, 8-9pm St Mary’s Cathedral Crypt, Sydney
Tickets at the door.





Addendum (Posted today: December 3, 2018):  Happy to share that this performance has just be included in Limelight's top shows of 2018: Classical Music - Classical music concerts that wowed critics in 2018. Here's the LINK.


Joby Talbot Path of Miracles 
Brett Weymark conductor 
Chamber Singers 

‘The ultimate message of this music and music generally: hope for humanity and love for this beautiful world in which we live.’ - Joby Talbot

Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles is a sixty minute a capella choral masterwork that portrays the experience of a pilgrim traveling the famous Camino de Santiago. Landmarks along the Camino include the church of Roncesvalles and the cathedrals of Burgos, Leon and Santiago de Compostela. In Path of Miracles, these landmarks correspond with the titles of the four movements.


Brief Profile of Joby Talbot

Joby Talbot, born 25 August 1971, is a British composer. He has written for a wide variety of purposes and a broad range of styles, including instrumental and vocal concert music, film and television scores, pop arrangements and works for dance. He is therefore known to sometimes disparate audiences for quite different works. His prominent compositions include the a cappella choral works The Wishing Tree (2002) and Path of Miracles (2005); orchestral works Sneaker Wave (2004), Tide Harmonic (2009), Worlds, Stars, Systems, Infinity (2012) and Meniscus (2012); the theme and score for the popular BBC Two comedy series The League of Gentlemen (1999–2002); silent film scores The Lodger (1999) and The Dying Swan (2002) for the British Film Institute; film scores The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Son of Rambow (2007) and Penelope (2008). He premiered his first opera, a one-act entitled Everest, in January 2015, with Dallas Opera.

Below is a video of Talbot's  León,Third movement from "Path Of Miracles",  performed by Tenebrae, Nigel Short, artistic director. Paintings by Argentine-born Italian Sculptor and Painter, Lucio Fontana (1899-1968).YouTube, uploaded by Thomas Turner. Accessed 14th July 2018.)







Review of Performance.   

Limelight: Australia's Classical Music and Arts Magazine.  Accessed 20 August 2018.

Resources: 

Joby Talbot. en wikipedia.org
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.
SPC / Path of Miracles Page (available at this time of Posting.)  
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Repertoire Programme.



(c) Posted 2018.   Tel. Inspired Pen Web.  

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