Choral Singing / Choral Music
MacMillan's STABAT MATER presented by the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
Date: Saturday 14 October 4:30pm (2023)
Venue: St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney
"It's not often that the composer of a new work gets a standing ovation, but then every new work isn't like James MacMillan's Stabat Mater."
~ The Times ~
In this concert Brett Weymark showcases one of the most exquisite combinations in music: the sound of a virtuoso chamber choir with string orchestra. And the program he’s chosen reflects the musical richness of the Christian liturgical tradition and the inspirational vision of faith.
Australian composers Daniel Brinsmead and Andrew Anderson offer fervent and heartfelt expressions of joy, hope and simple devotion. Arvo Pärt’s signature bell-like style is represented by two of his most popular instrumental meditations – Festina lente and Fratres.
But the heart of this concert is music by James MacMillan, whose sublime anthem “Who Shall Separate Us?” was heard in the funeral service for Her Majesty Elizabeth II. His setting of the Stabat Mater is a fiercely impassioned evocation of Mary’s grief at the foot of the cross, finding soaring moments of extraordinary beauty and consolation in the heart-breaking drama of this most sorrowful of Christian texts. The Stabat Mater might be a 13th-century litany but in MacMillan’s hands it becomes a deeply personal and devastatingly immediate account of a mother’s anguish.
Saturday 14 October 2023 at 4.30pm
St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney
PROGRAM
ANDERSON I Sing in My Heart*†
PÄRT Festina lente
PÄRT Fratres
BRINSMEAD Cantate Domino*†
MACMILLAN Stabat Mater**
* Concert premiere
† From 100 Minutes of New Australian Music Project
** Australian Premiere
This program will run for approximately 90 minutes, with no interval.
ARTISTS
Brett Weymark conductor
Chamber Singers
Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra
TICKETS
General Admission | $75
No Concessions or Youth prices
** Buy this concert with The Little Match Girl Passion for $140**
A booking fee of $8.95 applies.
Reviews:
MacMillan’s Stabat Mater (Sydney Philharmonia Choirs). (4.5/5 Stars). Limelight Magazine. Reviewed by Steve Moffatt on 16 October, 2023. Accessed 16 October, 2023. Sydney Philharmonia Choirs delivers a powerful and immaculate Australian premiere of one of this century’s greatest works.
Video Credit:
2023 MacMillan Stabat Mater & The Little Match Girl Passion. YouTube, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. Accessed October 9, 2023.
Image Credit:
MacMillan's Stabat Mater. Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.
Australian Composers Andrew Anderson (L) and Daniel Brinsmead (R). Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.
Resources:
MacMillan's Stabat Mater. Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. Accessed July 10, 2023 (Available at this time)
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs' 2023 Season Catalogue.
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COVID-19 SAFETY AT SPC CONCERTS
Up-to-date COVID guidelines will be available a few weeks before the concert. Sydney Philharmonia Choirs regularly update their guidelines based on health directives from NSW Government & the Sydney Opera House.
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