July 1 Dateline

Birthdays

1646 - Gottfried Wilhelm (von) Leibniz (sometimes spelled Leibnitz), German polymath, logicians, mathematician and natural philosopher of the Enlightenment. His most prominent accomplishment was conceiving the ideas of differential and integral calculus, independently of Isaac Newton's contemporaneous developments. Mathematical works have consistently favored Leibniz's notation as the conventional expression of calculus. It was only in the 20th century that Leibniz's law of continuity and transcendental law of homogeneity found mathematical implementation (by means of non-standard analysis). He became one of the most prolific inventors in the field of mechanical calculators. In philosophy, Leibniz is most noted for his optimism, i.e. his conclusion that our universe is, in a restricted sense, the best possible one that God could have created, an idea that was often lampooned by others such as Voltaire. Leibniz, along with René Descartes and Baruch Spinoza, was one of the three great 17th-century advocates of rationalism.  He made major and significant contributions to science and technology especially in applied science, linguistics, and computer science. (Gottfried Biography. mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk. Accessed July 1, 2010.) 

1804 - George Sand (Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin), French novelist and memoirist, equally well-known for her romantic affairs with with artists, including the composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin and the writer Alfred de Musset.  (George Sand: Life and Works. Uploaded by Literature forever. Accessed July 1, 2017. The Novel & Idealism: George Sand's 'Francois le champi' - Professor Belinda Jack. Uploaded by Gresham College. Accessed July 1, 2019.)

1899 - Charles Laughton, English stage and film actor. He played a wide range of classical and modern parts, making an impact in Shakespeare at the Old Vic. His film career took him to Broadway and then Hollywood, but he also collaborated with Alexander Korda on notable British films of the era, including The Private Life of Henry VIII, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the title character. Among Laughton's biggest film hits were The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Mutiny on the Bounty, Ruggles of Red Gap, Jamaica Inn, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Big Clock, and Witness for the Prosecution. In his later career, he took up stage directing.in which he also starred.

1916 - Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland, DBE, American-British-French actress whose film career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films, was one of the leading actors of her time, a movie star of the "Golden Age" of Classical Hollywood. (Olivia de Havilland - Documentary. Uploaded by WikiVidi Documentaries. Accessed July 1, 2018.)

1931 - Leslie Caron (born Leslie Claire Margaret Caron), French-American actress and dancer. Her autobiography, Thank Heaven, was published in 2010 in the UK and US, and in 2011 in a French version. Veteran documentarian Larry Weinstein's Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 28 June 2016. Caron is best known for the musical films An American in Paris her film debut, Lili, Daddy Long Legs, and Gigi, and for the nonmusical films Fanny, The L-Shaped Room, and Father Goose. She received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress. In 2006, her performance in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit won her an Emmy for guest actress in a drama series.

1952 - Dan Edward Akroyd, Canadian actor, producer, comedian, musician, and filmmaker who was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on Saturday Night Live. A musical sketch he performed with John Belushi on SNL, the Blues Brothers, turned into an actual performing band and into the film The Blues Brothers. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the film Driving Miss Daisy. He starred in his own sitcom, Soul Man.

1961 - Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer), was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, the heir apparent to the British throne, and the mother of Prince William and Prince Harry. Diana's activism and glamour made her an icon worldwide and earned her an enduring popularity as well as an unprecedented public scrutiny, exacerbated by her tumultuous private life.

Leftie:
Actor Dan Aykroyd

More birthdays and historical events today, 1 July - On This Day.

Historical Events

1796 - Edward Jenner inoculates 8-year-old James Phipps with smallpox. The boy had been previously vacinated with cowpox and so was immune to the deadly smallpox virus.

1801 - Ludwig van Beethoven writes his friend Carl Amenda: "... you should know that my most precious gift, my hearing, has much deteriorated ..." He passed away 26 years later,  in 1827, March 26.

June 30 Dateline

Birthdays

1685 - John Gay, English poet and playwright, member of the Scriblerus Club, an informal association of authors based in London, that came together in the early 18th century. The club members were prominent figures in the Augustan Age of English letters. The nucleus of the club included the satirists Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope. John Gay is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera, a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names. ("Over the Hills and Far Away" with Laurence Olivier as Captain Macheath and Dorothy Tutin in Peter Brook's 1953 version of John Gay's "Beggar's Opera". Uploaded by Allan Janus. Accessed June 30, 2010.)

1722 - Georg Anton Benda (Czech: Jiří Antonín Benda), Czech composer, violinist and Kapellmeister of the classical period. His most important contribution lies in the development of the German melodramas, a form of musical stage entertainment which influenced Mozart. Ariadne auf Naxos is generally considered his best work. At its debut in 1775, the opera received enthusiastic reviews in Germany and afterwards, in the whole of Europe, with music critics calling attention to its originality, sweetness, and ingenious execution. Benda also wrote instrumental pieces including sinfonias, keyboard sonatas & concertos, violin concertos and a smaller number of trio sonatas, violin and flute sonatas. (Benda : Sonatina in A minor for Piano. YouTube, uploaded by Sheetmusic2print. Accessed June 30, 2021.)
 

1917 - Lena Horne, American singer, dancer, actress. Her career spanned over 70 years, appearing in film, television, and theater. Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of 16 and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood.

1919 - Susan Hayward (born (born Edythe Marrenner), American actress and model. She was best known for her film portrayals of women that were based on true stories. After working as a fashion model, Hayward traveled to Hollywood in 1937 to audition for the role of Scarlett O'Hara. She secured a film contract and played several small supporting roles over the next few years. By the late 1940s, she achieved recognition for her dramatic abilities with the first of five Academy Award for Best Actress nominations for her performance as an alcoholic in Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman. Her success continued through the 1950s as she received nominations for My Foolish Heart, With a Song in My Heart,  and I'll Cry Tomorrow, winning the award for her portrayal of death row inmate Barbara Graham in I Want to Live!. For her performance in I'll Cry Tomorrow she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. (With a Song in my Heart (1952) Theatrical Trailer - Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne. YouTube, uploaded by Biggest Trailer Database. Accessed June 30, 2019). The movie is a biographical film which tells the story of actress and singer Jane Froman.

 
1926 - Paul Berg, American Nobel Prize-winning biochemist and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University. He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980, along with Walter Gilbert and Frederick Sanger. The award recognized their contributions to basic research involving nucleic acids.

1942 - Robert Duane Ballard, American oceanographer, retired United States Navy Officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks.

Leftie:
Oceanographer Robert D. Ballard

 

 

More birthdays and historical events today, 30 June - On This Day.

Historical Events

1905 - Albert Einstein publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies". It is the first paper to mention special relativity, the theory that will change modern physics.

1934 - Adolf Hitler, German Fuehrer, orders the murder of hundreds of senior Nazis in the Night of the Long Knives.

1936 - The book Gone with the Wind by American author Margaret Mitchell is published by Macmillan. (Movie soundtrack suite - here) 

June 28 Dateline

Birthdays

1491 - Henry VIII, King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. He is famous for his six wives, with their fates remembered in divorces, beheading, and survival. However, he was well educated, fluent in several languages, an athlete, a soldier, and a writer. Henry VIII was a lso passionately devoted to music. He both played and collected musical instruments, and he composed masses (likely lost now) and more than thirty-five ballads, including "Pastime with Good Company", also known as "The King's Ballad" ("The Kynges Balade"), and "Departure is My Chief Pain" (King Henry VIII of England), Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature.   

1577 - Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish artist, considered the most influential artist of Flemish Baroque tradition. His highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history. His unique and immensely popular Baroque style emphasized movement, color, and sensuality, which followed the immediate, dramatic artistic style promoted in the Counter-Reformation. Rubens specialized in making altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects.  In addition to running a large studio in Antwerp that produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically educated humanist scholar and diplomat who was knighted by both Philip IV of Spain and Charles I of England. Rubens was a prolific artist.

1703 - John Wesley, (refer to June 17 Dateline for Old Style date). English founder of Methodism. 

1712 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss social philosopher, music critic, composer, and contributor to Diderot's Encyclopedie. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic and educational thought. Jean-Jacques Rousseau strongly believed in the innate goodness of man and in basic human rights founded upon universal natural law; in addition, he believed that both rulers and the citizens have natural human rights as well as obligations to each other which should be bound in a social contract.

 

1867 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. His works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays, some of which are written in Sicilian. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power to turn psychological analysis into good theatre." He was an Italian nationalist and supported Fascism in a moderate way, at one point giving his Nobel Prize medal to the Fascist government to be melted down as part of the 1935 Oro alla Patria ("Gold to the Fatherland") campaign during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. 

1902 - Richard Rodgers, American composer of music, with over 900 songs and 43 Broadway musicals, leaving a legacy as one of the most significant composers of 20th-century American music. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. His compositions have had a significant impact on popular music. Rodgers was the first person to win what are considered the top American entertainment awards in television, recording, movies and Broadway – an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award — now known collectively as an EGOT. In addition, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, making him one of only two people to receive all five awards (Marvin Hamlisch is the other). Composer  (The Rodgers-Hammerstein duo is considered the greatest musical partnership including The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, Carousel, South Pacific, and more hits. (Richard Rodgers - Kennedy Center Honors. 1978. Uploaded by John Randolph. Accessed June 28, 2017.)

1909 - Eric Ambler, OBE,  influential English author of thrillers, in particular spy novels and Screenwriter, who introduced a new realism to the genre of spy novels. Ambler used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books co-written with Charles Rodda.

1926 - Mel Brooks (born Melvyn Kaminsky), American director, writer, actor, comedian, producer and composer. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comedic parodies. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for Sid Caesar's variety show Your Show of Shows alongside Woody Allen, Neil Simon, and Larry Gelbart. Together with Carl Reiner, he created the comic character The 2000 Year Old Man. He wrote, with Buck Henry, the hit television comedy series Get Smart. Brooks became one of the most successful film directors of the 1970s, with many of his films being among the top 10 moneymakers of the year they were released.

1948 - Kathy Doyle Bates,  American actress and director, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Her performance as Annie Wilkes in the horror film Misery, marked her Hollywood breakthrough, winning her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her TV work has resulted in 14 Emmy Award nominations, including two for her leading role on the NBC series Harry's Law. She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearance on the ninth season of Two and a Half Men and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her portrayal of Delphine LaLaurie on the third season of American Horror Story. Her directing credits include several episodes of the HBO television series Six Feet Under and the television film Ambulance Girl.

1966 - John Cusack,  American actor, producer, screenwriter and activist. He began acting in films during the 1980s and has since starred in more than 85 movies, including Better Off Dead (1985), Say Anything..., Bullets over Broadway, Grosse Pointe Blank, Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity, 1408, Igor, 2012, The Raven and Love & Mercy.

1966 - Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress. She has starred in the films At Close Range, Some Kind of Wonderful, Chances Are, Fried Green Tomatoes and Benny & Joon. She won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1989 film Immediate Family, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the 2003 Broadway revival of Nine.

Lefties:
Actress Mary Stuart Masterson
Artist Peter Paul Rubens

 

More birthdays aand historical events today, 28 June - On This Day.

 

Historical Events

1914 - The Archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife, Sophia, are killed in Sarajevo by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. The beginning of WWI in Sarajevo. The archduke was relatively unpopular in Bosnia, Herzegovina, which had been annexed by Austria-hungary in 1908. This displeased the large Serbian community who wantaed to be unified with Serbia. When Archduke Franz Ferdinand visited this day in 1914, a plan was hatched to assassinate him. 

1919 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed ending World War I with Germany, but imposes harsch sanctions. Germany's economy is destroyed, setting the ground for the rise of Nationalism which will see the Nazis rise to power in 1933.

June 27 Dateline

Birthdays

1850 - Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (Japanese name: Koizumi Yahumo), Greek-Irish writer, later a naturalised Japanese citizen, traveler and expert on Japanese culture. He is best remembered for his books about Japanese culture, especially his collections of legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. His writings about Japan offered the Western world a glimpse into a largely unknown but fascinating culture at the time. In the United States, he is also known for his writings about New Orleans, based on his decade-long stay there.

1880 - Helen Adams Keller, American educator, author and political activist. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan, was made famous by Keller's autobiography, The Story of My Life, and its adaptations for film and stage, The Miracle Worker. Her June 27 birthday is commemorated as Helen Keller Day in Pennsylvania. A prolific author, Keller was well-traveled and outspoken in her convictions. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1971 and was one of twelve inaugural inductees to the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame on June 8, 2015.

1955 - Isabelle Adjani (born Isabelle Yasmina Adjani) French film actress and singer. She is the only actress or actor in history to win five César Awards. She was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 2010, and a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2014. Adjani's performance as Adèle Hugo in The Story of Adele H. earned her the first of two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her second nomination—for Camille Claudel—made her the first French actress to receive two nominations for foreign-language films. She won Best Actress at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival for her performances in Possession and Quartet, and, later, she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 1989 Berlin Film Festival for Camille Claudel.

Lefties:
Author and Humanitarian Helen Keller
Businessman/Former presidential candidate Ross Perot

More birthdays today, 27 June - On This Day.

Features:

Claude Debussy's  "L'enfant prodigue."  YouTube, uploaded by robertocovatta. Accessed June 27, 2018.   Composer: Claude Debussy (1862-1918) L'enfant prodigue, L. 57 (1884).  Lia: Jessye Norman, soprano Azaël: José Carreras, tenore Siméon: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritono. Direttore: Gary Bertini 1981. Stuttgart Radio Symphony.

Historical Events

1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie escapes to the Isle of Skye dressed as a maid, after the failed second Jacobite Rebellion in 1745 and the disastrous Battle of Culloden.

1884 - French composer Claude Debussy's cantata L'Enfant prodigue is first performed in Paris, and also wins him the prestigious Prix de Rome.

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs' Rachmaninoff's VESPERS

Choral Singing / Choral Music

Rachmaninoff's VESPERS presented by the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

Date: Saturday 20 July 2024, 7pm 
Venue: Sydney Town Hall

Lie back on a yoga mat in the Sydney Town Hall and immerse yourself in the sumptuous and captivating beauty of Rachmaninoff’s favourite creation, his All-Night Vigil ( his 'Vespers'), with the soaring voices of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs' Symphony Chorus performing a cappella. Seating options include (supplied) yoga mats on the main floor and regular seats in the galleries and on the stage.

 

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                                         An Immersive Experience 

 

The sun goes down, the devout gather, a worshipful vigil begins. The atmosphere is austere and contemplative in its simplicity. But the sound! The sound is rich and resonant with ancient chants and choral folksong – the voices of the choir uniting as a living, breathing instrument.

If you know Rachmaninoff – piano virtuoso and the last of the Romantics – you might be surprised to learn that his favourite creation was his All-Night Vigil. This magnificent work combines the sumptuous sonorities of the Russian Orthodox liturgical tradition with Rachmaninoff’s own irresistible Romantic style for a musical experience that’s literally heaven on earth. And in this rare Sydney performance, we’re inviting you to lie back and immerse yourself in this gorgeous music.

Performing a cappella, SPC Symphony Chorus will shine in music that soars heavenward, plunges into the rich bass registers, imitates bells, and reveals to rapturous effect what can be achieved with voices alone.

Join Sydney Philharmonia Choirs for a musical vigil to elevate your spirit.

Seating options for this concert include yoga mats on the main floor of the Sydney Town Hall. Regular seats in the galleries, around the perimeter of the floor and on the stage.   

Saturday 20 July at 7pm
Sydney Town Hall

PROGRAM

Sergei RACHMANINOFF All-Night Vigil

ARTISTS

Brett Weymark conductor

Hannah Fraser mezzo-soprano
Louis Hurley tenor
Symphony Chorus
Nicholas Russoniello saxophone
Sydney Philharmonia String Ensemble

Duration: This performance will run for 1 hour and 10 minutes. No interval.

Reviews: 

Rachmaninoff's Vespers. www.jwire.com.au. July 23, 2024 by Shirley Politzer. Accessed August 11, 2024.

Review: Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil at the Sydney Town Hall. eastsidefm.org. By Neeson, July 21, 2024. Accessed August 11, 2024.

SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA CHOIRS: RACHMANINOFF’S VESPERS @ SYDNEY TOWN HALL. sydneyartsguide.com. By Paul Nolan. July 22, 2024. Accessed August 11, 2024.

Vespers. By Sergei Rachmaninoff. Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. Director Brett Weymark. Sydney Town Hall. Saturday 20th July, 2024. Stagewhispers.com.au.  Accessed August 11, 2024.

Image  Credit:

Rachmaninoff's VESPERS, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.

Resources:

Rachmaninoff's VESPERS. Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. Accessed June 26, 2024  (Available at this time)

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs' 2023 Season Catalogue. 

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Will Perform Rachmaninoff's VESPERS in July.  Broadway World.  By Stephi Wild Jun. 18, 2024. Accessed June 26, 2024.

A limited number of printed program books will be available for $10 each at the concert. 

Download your free digital program book: https://bit.ly/RachVespersProgram

BOOK TICKETS HERE

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June 26 Dateline

Birthdays

1892 - Pearl S. Buck, American writer and novelist, 1938 Nobel Prize winner in Literature. As the daughter of missionaries, Buck spent most of her life before 1934 in Zhenjiang, China. Her novel The Good Earth was the best-selling fiction book in the United States in 1931 and 1932 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. (Pearl S. Buck Biography, Influence on American & Chinese Culture and Literary History (1937). Uploaded by Remember This. Accessed June 26, 2016.) 

1898 - Willy Messerschmitt (born Wilhelm Emil "Willy" Messerschmitt), German aircraft designer and manufacturer. In collaboration with Walter Rethel, he designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109, which became the most important fighter aircraft in the Luftwaffe as Germany rearmed prior to World War II. Messerschmitt's firm also produced the first jet-powered fighter to enter service — the Messerschmitt Me 262.

1902 - Bill Lear (born William Powell Lear), American inventor and industrialist, best known for founding the Lear Jet Corporation, a manufacturer of business jets. He also invented the battery eliminator for the B battery, and developed the 8-track cartridge, an audio tape system. Throughout his career of 46 years, Lear received over 120 patents.

1933 - Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor. He conducted many of the world’s greatest orchestras.(Claudio Abbado conducts Bruckner's Symphony Nr 4 Es Dur 'Romantische' with Wiener Philharmoniker, uploaded by some oane. Accessed June 26, 2014. Maestro Abbado beautifully interprets Bruckner's works, here, S4.) 

Lefties:
None known.   

More birthdays and historical events today, 26 June - On This Day.

Historical Events

1770 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart receives the Order of the Golden Spur from the Pope in Rome; a title he never used.

1870  - Richard Wagner's opera Walküre is first staged at the Court Opera, in Munich. The libretto is by the composer himself. (Listen to this 1992 performance of  Walküre from Bayreuth, with Daniel Barenboim conducting. Artists:  Brünnhilde - Anne Evans Wotan - John Tomlinson Siegmund - Poul Elming Sieglinde - Nadine Secunde Hunding - Matthias Hölle Fricka - Linda Finnie Gerhilde - Eva Johansson Ortlinde Ruth Floeren Waltraute - Shirley Close, YouTube, uploaded by latos orf. Accesed June 26, 2018.)

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs' AURORA (2024)

Choral Singing / Choral Music

AURORA presented by the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

Date: Sunday 7 July 2024, 3pm 
Venue: Pier 2/3 Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, Hickson Road, Sydney

Southern and Northern Lights of the Choral Repertoire

Speaking of Aurora, VOX conductor Elizabeth Scott said, "This program has been inspired by our respect for and diverse interpretations of the world's natural phenomena and by our fascination with the mystery that is human nature. Despite the distance...we can see clear parallels in the way the power of nature inspires, influences and unites us."

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                                          Celestial. Mesmerising. Gorgeous. 

Aurora - dawn, beginnings. or perhaps you think of the Aurora Australis and the Aurora Borealis - the southern and northern lights. Either way, this program has you covered, with the talented young singers of Sydney Philharmonia VOX performing luminous music by leading names of the contemporary choral scene, from both hemisphere. 

At the heart of this celestial aural experience sits Rautavaara's Missa a cappella - a contemplative devotional work by a Finnish mystic.  To frame it, VOX Associate Music Director Dr. Elizabeth Scott has chosen otherworldly and evocative music by Latvian Eriks Esenvalds and Estonian Arvo Paert. These northern 'lights' are joined by Eric Whitacre (his colourful Cloudburst), and three Australian voices. Sydney Philharmonia have commissioned new works from Nicholas Buc and James Henry (whose Murrgumurrgu made such an impression in 2023), and Luke Byrne's Desert Sea will make a welcome return.  

It is a mesmerising program that will showcase the pure sound and musical victuosity of VOX and inspire listeners the transformative beauty and sonic splendour of the music.  

Join Sydney Philharmonia Choirs for a public reception in Wharf 4/5 Studio and meet the performers following the concert.

Sunday 7 July 2024 at 3pm
Pier 2/3 Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, Sydney

 

PROGRAM

DEBORAH CHEETHAM FRAILLON and MATTHEW DOYLE
Tarimi Nulay – Long Time Living here †

ALICE CHANCE
Aurora Eora †

ĒRIKS EŠENVALDS
The First Tears
Rivers of Light

JAMES HENRY
Fire in the Night Sky †

ARVO PÄRT
Magnificat

EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Missa a cappella (Credo, Kyrie)

ERIC WHITACRE
Cloudburst

NICHOLAS BUC
Starry Sky †

LUKE BYRNE
Desert Sea †

† Sydney Philharmonia Choirs commission

ARTISTS

Elizabeth Scott conductor
Luke Byrne piano

VOX

Duration: approximately 75 minutes. No interval.

Reviews: 

As available. 

Image  Credit:

AURORA, Philharmonia Choirs.

Resources:

AURORA. Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. Accessed June 25, 2024  (Available at this time)

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs' 2023 Season Catalogue. 

 

BOOK TICKETS HERE

DOWNLOAD FREE PROGRAM BOOK HERE

 

COVID-19 SAFETY AT SPC CONCERTS

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs regularly update their guidelines based on health directives from NSW Government & the Sydney Opera House. 

 

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