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Musica Viva Australia – The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
July 23 @ 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm
$40 – $141Top hats and heavenly voices.
Every year on Christmas Eve, millions of listeners around the world tune in to hear The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge celebrate the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in a glorious display of the British choral tradition. Now this unique and precious sound, the product of generations of voices and centuries of music, returns to Australia for a featuring some of their best-loved repertoire.
Alongside traditional hymns and soaring anthems, the Choir will perform Stravinsky’s Mass for choir and double wind quintet, his searing and deeply personal search for meaning, and a touchstone of the choral repertoire.
It’s not all top hats and heavenly voices: just as boys grow up and voices change, the Choir’s work changes across the generations. Which is why Daniel Hyde, Director since 2019, asked us what the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge might bring to Australia, and what they might learn from us. Integral to their performance is a new work commissioned by Australian composer Damian Barbeler, working with a text by Judith Nangala Crispin (a descendent of the Bpangerang people), which grapples with threads of history to come up with something new and compelling.
Meet the Artists
Following the concert, please join The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge for a post-concert discussion onstage in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall.
Tuesday 23 July 2024 7pm
Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall
Duration: 1 hour 45 mins (incl. interval) Please note, running times are approximate and subject to change.
Tickets: Premium $141 ($128 Concession); A reserve $115 ($102 Concession); B reserve $87 ($76 Concession); C reserve $62 ($55 Concession)
Under 40 $40