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B Reserve - $65
Limited Offer - Festival SILVER PASS - $400
A Silver Pass gives access to all 7 Concerts with B-Reserve Seating. Available until 16th March or until sold out.
Do not miss this bespoke celebration of our much-loved Australian composer ROSS EDWARDS—a vivid homage to Mother Earth in summer.
His evocative music brings together six exceptional singers: SUSANNAH LAWERGREN, JESSICA O’DONOGHUE, and ANDREW O’CONNOR (The Song Company), alongside SUSIE BISHOP, GEOFFREY WEBB and PHILIP MURRAY. They are joined by a remarkable instrumental ensemble—RILEY LEE (shakuhachi), LOUISE JOHNSON (harp), JULIAN SMILES (cello) and TIMOTHY CONSTABLE (percussion)—under the baton of composer, musicologist and founding director of the Sydney Chamber Choir, NICHOLAS ROUTLEY.
Suite from Vespers for Mother Earth—originally scored for eight singers and a large instrumental ensemble—has been especially re-written by Edwards for this curated and never-heard-before, spine-tingling performance.
TERRA MATER AESTIVA promises a deeply moving finale—a stunning way to draw the BCMF26 to a close.
Program
TERRA MATER AESTIVA:
A bespoke homage to Mother Earth in summer by Ross Edwards
Ab Estatis Foribus | At the Gates of Summer [1980]
Suite from Vespers for Mother Earth [2020] (four of the seven sections)
i. To Invoke the Morning
ii. Flame of the Sun: Aria
v. Orison
vi. Canticle of the Earth
Dance Mantras [1992]
Artists
Nicholas Routley | conductor
Riley Lee | shakuhachi
Louise Johnson | harp
Julian Smiles | cello
Timothy Constable | percussion
CHOIR
Susannah Lawergren | soprano
Susie Bishop | soprano
Jessica O’Donoghue | mezzo-soprano
Geoffrey Webb | tenor
Andrew O’ Connor | bass baritone
Philip Murray | bass