“The Human Spirit” Reviews, Sept 2023
“… beckoned the audience to engage in a blend of contemporary works that run the gamut of human emotion and bring to life the spiritual and sacred that lies within us all.”
Naomi Crellin: Taking a choir outside its comfort zone
“Arranging contemporary jazz repertoire for a classical choir is a difficult brief. Too simple and the piece falls flat from predictability. …Too close to the original and it becomes a ‘choirioke’ cover….”
“Winter Nights” Reviews, June 2023
“They crooned and scatted, bobbed and whistled. This was the Sydney Chamber Choir in alter-ego mode, presenting Winter Nights, a concert program with a fresh twist.”
“Splendour & Mystery” Reviews, March 2023
“Transparent and transporting, this Covid-postponed Sydney Chamber Choir showcase of sacred music was well worth the wait.”
Reviews: Light and Shade
A journey deep into the heart of hope. Music of radiant beauty by JS Bach, John Rutter and Australian composer Brooke Shelley frames an unforgettable vision of light in the midst of utter darkness from German Baroque genius Heinrich Schütz.
Reviews: Innocence & Experience
A celebration of Sydney Chamber Choir’s past, present and future. The exquisite beauty of Renaissance masters Josquin, Ockeghem and Dufay, alongside new musical treasures we are proud to have brought into being: passionate and inspiring works written especially for us.
Reviews: Haydn’s Creation
224 years after its premiere, Sydney Chamber Choir joined the Australian Haydn Ensemble for the first Australian period-instrument performance of Haydn’s magnificent oratorio The Creation.
Reviews: Garden of the Soul
Sydney Chamber Choir hit the stage this month at the Independent Theatre in North Sydney for the premiere of Joe Twist’s An Australian Song Cycle. Read the reviews here.
Joe Twist and Sam Allchurch explore Garden of the Soul
Australian composer Joe Twist will premiere his new work "An Australian Song Cycle" at Sydney Chamber Choir's upcoming concert Garden of the Soul
Reviews: Stanhope - A New Requiem
Sydney Chamber Choir returned after a year to City Recital Hall to a long-anticipated, triumphant world premiere of Paul Stanhope’s Requiem. Read the reviews here.