Choral Music /Sydney Philharmonia
Presented by: Sydney Philharmonia Choirs & Sydney Opera House.
Sunday 19 January 2020, at dawn (arrive by 5:30am)
Sydney Opera House Monumental Steps
First light, the horizon tinged with pink as the sun rises over the Sydney
Heads. The sails of the Sydney Opera House are glistening. The granite
underfoot is cool, the waters of the harbour are lapping quietly.
Hundreds of singers assemble on the Monumental Steps and their voices
rise as the sun climbs.
Join Sydney Philharmonia Choirs in the wee hours of the morning to witness this special and breathtaking moment.
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs invite the public to head out to the Sydney Opera House in the wee hours of the morning to witness a musical performance at dawn on a Sunday. Whether you’re a morning lark by nature or a night owl who has to stay up all night to see the sunrise, they're going to make it worthwhile.
Picture it now: first light… the horizon tinged with pink as the sun rises over the Heads… the Opera House sails glistening… the granite underfoot is cool, the waters of the harbour are lapping quietly… Sydney Philharmonia Choirs assemble on the Monumental Steps… voices rise as the sun climbs…
In just over an hour of inspirational a cappella music, they'll be welcoming a new day in the (still) new year – singing the city into 2020. At the same time they'll be launching their Centenary Season and celebrating the dawn of a new era as they take up their status as a resident company of the Sydney Opera House.
Light, possibility and hope. SPC themes are timeless and the music traverses the ages, from the ancient round “Sumer is icumen in” and traditional songs like “Morning Has Broken” to contemporary expressions such as Dolly Parton’s “Light of a Clear Blue Morning” and the “Aquarius – Let the Sunshine In” medley from Hair.
They've also commissioned young Sydney composer Luke Byrne to write a piece especially for Dawn Chorus and they'll be premiering Deborah Cheetham’s Ngyiningi ngara, a choral Acknowledgement to Country, composed in collaboration with Matthew Doyle.
Whether you’re beginning the day or ending the night, join the audience for Dawn Chorus as they sing in a new day, a new season and a new era!
PROGRAM
Inspirational a cappella music, including…
Luke BYRNE Awakening
Deborah CHEETHAM & Matthew DOYLE Tarimi nulay- Long time living here. (This piece was newly commissioned written by indigenous Composer and Soprano, Deborah Cheetham, for acknowledgement of country.)
Eric William BARNUM & Robert BODE Dawn
William BYRD Sing Joyfully (Psalm 81)
Edward ELGAR (arr. John Cameron) Lux Aeterna
Eriks EŠENVALDS Lux Aeterna
Morten LAURIDSEN O Nata Lux
James MacMILLAN O Radiant Dawn
Arvo PÄRT Morning Star
Dolly PARTON (arr. Craig Hella Johnson) Light of a Clear Blue Morning
Thomas TALLIS O Nata Lux
ANONYMOUS Sumer is icumen in
TRADITIONAL Scottish, words by Eleanor FARJEON Morning Has Broken
TRADITIONAL Spiritual (arr. Stuart P. O’Neil) My Lord, What a Morning
John DAVID (arr. Peter Knight) You Are the New Day
Galt MacDERMOT (arr. Greg Gilpin) Aquarius – Let the Sunshine In
ARTISTS
Brett Weymark conductor
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
Dawn Chorus is a free event and we encourage you to join the audience with your friends and family. Registration is not compulsory.
Note: registration is to be part of the audience, not to sing in the concert.
Photo Credit:
Sydney Opera House. Photography by Hamilton Lund, courtesy of Sydney Opera House Trust, 2017
Resource:
Dawn Chorus. Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. Accessed Dec 15, 2019. (Available at the time of posting)
Dawn Chorus. City of Sydney. What's On. Accessed Dec 21, 2019. (Available at the time of posting)
(c) Dec 19, 2019. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved
Dawn Chorus
Presented by: Sydney Philharmonia Choirs & Sydney Opera House.
Sunday 19 January 2020, at dawn (arrive by 5:30am)
Sydney Opera House Monumental Steps
Join Sydney Philharmonia Choirs in the wee hours of the morning to witness this special and breathtaking moment.
Photography by Hamilton Lund, courtesy of Sydney Opera House Trust, 2017
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs invite the public to head out to the Sydney Opera House in the wee hours of the morning to witness a musical performance at dawn on a Sunday. Whether you’re a morning lark by nature or a night owl who has to stay up all night to see the sunrise, they're going to make it worthwhile.
Picture it now: first light… the horizon tinged with pink as the sun rises over the Heads… the Opera House sails glistening… the granite underfoot is cool, the waters of the harbour are lapping quietly… Sydney Philharmonia Choirs assemble on the Monumental Steps… voices rise as the sun climbs…
In just over an hour of inspirational a cappella music, they'll be welcoming a new day in the (still) new year – singing the city into 2020. At the same time they'll be launching their Centenary Season and celebrating the dawn of a new era as they take up their status as a resident company of the Sydney Opera House.
Light, possibility and hope. SPC themes are timeless and the music traverses the ages, from the ancient round “Sumer is icumen in” and traditional songs like “Morning Has Broken” to contemporary expressions such as Dolly Parton’s “Light of a Clear Blue Morning” and the “Aquarius – Let the Sunshine In” medley from Hair.
They've also commissioned young Sydney composer Luke Byrne to write a piece especially for Dawn Chorus and they'll be premiering Deborah Cheetham’s Ngyiningi ngara, a choral Acknowledgement to Country, composed in collaboration with Matthew Doyle.
Whether you’re beginning the day or ending the night, join the audience for Dawn Chorus as they sing in a new day, a new season and a new era!
PROGRAM
Inspirational a cappella music, including…
Luke BYRNE Awakening
Deborah CHEETHAM & Matthew DOYLE Tarimi nulay- Long time living here. (This piece was newly commissioned written by indigenous Composer and Soprano, Deborah Cheetham, for acknowledgement of country.)
Eric William BARNUM & Robert BODE Dawn
William BYRD Sing Joyfully (Psalm 81)
Edward ELGAR (arr. John Cameron) Lux Aeterna
Eriks EŠENVALDS Lux Aeterna
Morten LAURIDSEN O Nata Lux
James MacMILLAN O Radiant Dawn
Arvo PÄRT Morning Star
Dolly PARTON (arr. Craig Hella Johnson) Light of a Clear Blue Morning
Thomas TALLIS O Nata Lux
ANONYMOUS Sumer is icumen in
TRADITIONAL Scottish, words by Eleanor FARJEON Morning Has Broken
TRADITIONAL Spiritual (arr. Stuart P. O’Neil) My Lord, What a Morning
John DAVID (arr. Peter Knight) You Are the New Day
Galt MacDERMOT (arr. Greg Gilpin) Aquarius – Let the Sunshine In
ARTISTS
Brett Weymark conductor
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
Dawn Chorus is a free event and we encourage you to join the audience with your friends and family. Registration is not compulsory.
Note: registration is to be part of the audience, not to sing in the concert.
Photo Credit:
Sydney Opera House. Photography by Hamilton Lund, courtesy of Sydney Opera House Trust, 2017
Resource:
Dawn Chorus. Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. Accessed Dec 15, 2019. (Available at the time of posting)
Dawn Chorus. City of Sydney. What's On. Accessed Dec 21, 2019. (Available at the time of posting)
(c) Dec 19, 2019. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved
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