A limited number of printed program books will be available for $10 each at the concert.
This concert will be broadcast live on ABC CLASSIC at 5PM on 9 June. Listen via the ABC Listen app.
The 2024 ChorusOz choir is now full and registrations are closed. For more information about singing with our community choirs – Festival Chorus or the Christmas Choir – visit our Community Choirs page.
ChorusOz – our annual ‘big sing’ at the Sydney Opera House – brings together singers from across Australia and around the world for an inspiring weekend of community and music-making.
Brett Weymark has chosen The Armed Man: one of the most popular choral works of our time, with thousands of performances and decades in the classical charts. Its starting point is a mediæval earworm (L’Homme armé) but the themes are absolutely contemporary.
Inspired by the tragedy of the Kosovo War, Karl Jenkins combines sacred and secular texts. It’s exhilarating music to perform, with a parade of musical styles, thought-provoking texts and powerful emotions. Equally exhilarating are the choral hymns Finlandia and Jerusalem. And – for the first time the 16-year history of ChorusOz – we’ve commissioned a new Australian work especially for this event.
Whether you’re in the middle of the choir singing at full voice, or joining us in the audience, find harmony singing for peace.
Sunday 9 June at 5pm
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
This performance will run for 1 hour and 30 minutes. No interval.
Karl JENKINS The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
Jean SIBELIUS Finlandia with choral hymn finale
Hubert PARRY Jerusalem
(orchestral accompaniment by Edward Elgar)
Katie NOONAN & Andrew O’CONNOR An Instrument of Peace† (World premiere)
† Sydney Philharmonia Choirs commission
Brett Weymark conductor
AVÉ (Australian Vocal Ensemble)
Katie Noonan soprano
Fiona Campbell mezzo-soprano
Louis Hurley tenor
Andrew O’Connor baritone
ChorusOz 2024
Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra
Premium $90 All reserves
Concessions $81 All reserves
Under 30 Not applicable for this concert
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