“…a chorus of angels… it all felt like shimmering silver clouds in the distance slowly building and moving closer.”
– ClassikOn, 2024 –
As far as traditions go, ‘Lessons and Carols’ is a young one – just over a century old – but its comforting format and familiar music has earned it a placed in hearts worldwide. In this new bespoke program for the Chamber Singers and organist David Drury, Brett Weymark has taken the Lessons and Carols concept and given it a philosophical twist.
Familiar, traditional carols will be interspersed with readings that reflect on the broader meaning of Christmas and music as a symbol of harmony and collaboration. And because it wouldn’t be Christmas without audience participation, we’re including some singalong favourites to send you out into the summer night with a spring in your step.
Join us at St Philip’s Church in York Street, Sydney, or at St Peter & Paul’s Old Cathedral in Goulburn.
Friday 18 December – 7pm
St Philip’s Church, York Street, Sydney
Saturday 19 December – 2pm
St Peter and Paul’s, Old Cathedral, Goulburn
PROGRAM
Including:
ANON. Coventry Carol
Gustav HOLST In the Bleak Midwinter
TRAD. Wexford Carol
Herbert HOWELLS A Spotless Rose
with singalong carols:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Good King Wenceslas
ARTISTS
Brett Weymark conductor
David Drury organ
Chamber Singers
TICKETS
A booking fee of $8.95 per transaction applies.
