The 100 voices of the Sydney Philharmonia Symphony chorus will be presenting an a capella performance of four centuries of choral music in the stunning acoustic of the cathedral at 2pm on Sunday 14 November. Tickets are $45 and can be pre-ordered or purchased at the door. Bookings 9251 3115 or www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.au.
Full programme details are:
Thomas Tallis, Miserere nostri
Robert Parsons, Ave Maria – Motet, 5vv
Benjamin Britten, A Hymn to the Virgin
William Byrd, Christe, qui lux es et dies
John Sheppard, Media vita
Richard Rodney Bennett, A Good-Night
John Taverner, Song for Athene
John Sheppard, In pace in idipsum
Gustav Holst, Nunv dimittis
William Henry Harris, Bring us, O Lord God
Herbert Howells, Take him, earth for cherishing
Gregorian chant, In paradisum
Thomas Tallis, Spem in alium
Conductors Brett Weymark and David Athony Taylor