In 2022 we are Together Again to make incredible music with you! There’s favourite masterpieces, thrilling contemporary works and exciting new commissions to enjoy in the concerts below. From the majestic Sydney Town Hall to the newly finished Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House, choose your concerts and enjoy!
MOZART
Requiem & Revelations
Hear Mozart’s Requiem with fresh ears in a revelatory program. Brett Weymark interweaves the music of this deathbed masterpiece with choral gems – from the heart-warmingly familiar to the intriguingly novel. It’s a “love letter” to Mozart that highlights the drama, the anguish and the beauty of this legendary music.
Legendary | Dramatic | Illuminating
Saturday 19 March, 3pm
Sydney Town Hall
BACH
Mass in B minor
The Mass in B minor is the masterpiece of a lifetime – embracing supreme craft and a profound faith in music that showcases everything we love about J.S. Bach. Our new Associate Music Director Elizabeth Scott and a crack ensemble of singers and instrumentalists promise a larger-than-life performance.
Monumental | Traditional | Inspiring
Saturday 16 April, 3pm
Sydney Town Hall
JUBILATION
Handel and Haydn
In this blockbuster concert we’re pulling out all the stops! Our largest choir, the Festival Chorus, check. Handel’s Coronation Anthems (think Zadok the Priest), check. Haydn’s famous Nelson Mass, check. Trumpets, drums and the Town Hall’s grand organ, check. And three brand new interludes to bring the celebratory spirit into the present.
Festive | Pageantry | Uplifting
Sunday 22 May, 3pm
Sydney Town Hall
GRANT US PEACE
Music of Vasks
This concert offers sanctuary in a troubled world, with meditative and comforting choral music that speaks to the soul. Sydney Philharmonia’s Chamber Singers and members of VOX perform sacred music by Pēteris Vasks alongside two new Australian works in the resonant acoustic of St Andrew’s Cathedral.
Radiant | Beauty | Hope
Saturday 9 July, 2pm
St Andrew’s Cathedral
THE SACRED VEIL
Eric Whitacre Conducts
Life, love, loss and the search for solace – these are the human constants at the heart of The Sacred Veil, Eric Whitacre’s latest major choral work, and here he makes his long-awaited return to Australia to conduct VOX in its Sydney premiere. A virtual rock star of contemporary choral music, Whitacre knows choirs from the inside and mesmerises singers and audiences alike with his charismatic sound world.
Luminous | Intense | Healing | Universal
Saturday 17 September, 8pm
Concert Hall | Sydney Opera House
GLORIOUS PUCCINI
Messa di Gloria & Opera Highlights
In this Puccini gala with a difference, the first half is devoted to his rarely heard Messa di Gloria – an ambitious, youthful work that literally celebrates the church ritual with joyous, high-octane music.
After interval we perform our favourite choruses and arias from four of Puccini’s great operas, sending you out into the night with “Nessun dorma” – none shall sleep!
Joyful | Glorious Melody | Dramatic
Saturday 29 October, 8pm
Concert Hall | Sydney Opera House
HANDEL
Messiah
Everywhere you look it’s the “new normal” but the tradition of our biennial Messiah stands fast. Find comfort and inspiration in the company of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs as all our singers come together for an exhilarating performance of Handel’s greatest oratorio. Hallelujah!
Uplifting | Traditional | Sublime
Thursday 8 December, 8pm
Saturday 10 December, 1pm
Sunday 11 December, 1pm
Concert Hall | Sydney Opera House