“Fauré Requiem” Reviews, April 2025
Reviews
Limelight
Fauré Requiem (Sydney Chamber Choir)
Shamistha de Soysa | 5 stars | 7 April 2025
"The choir’s perfect sense of ensemble and vivid colours are supported with shapely phrasing, sensitive dynamics and articulation. Robust program notes and words accompany a balanced and fluent progression through the music uninterrupted by commentary, with a succinct exploration of themes. Allchurch’s conducting style is precise and dynamic.
The Sydney Chamber Choir has never sounded better."
Sydney Arts Guide
Sydney Chamber Choir: FAURÉ REQUIEM @ St James’ Church Review
Paul Nolan | 6 April 2025
"This is a milestone year for Sydney Chamber Choir as it celebrates its 50th birthday. Now a rewarding and well-patronised institution in our city and country, SCC continues to show tremendous range and innovation in its programming.
The latest concert, Fauré Requiem showed off the choir’s considerable versatility, support of new and historical Australian music as well as its solid background as early music interpreters."
classikON
Sydney Chamber Choir’s Fauré -Spine shiveringly beautiful
Heidi Hereth | 8 April 2025
"The choir really did sound like angels – it was a beautiful way to end the concert. Sam Allchurch, with his conducting expertise, held the silence while we all came down to earth. The audience then exploded into enthusiastic applause. This was golden music for a golden evening.”
Artists
Sydney Chamber Choir
Sam Allchurch
Conductor
Angela Brun
Soprano
Andrew O’Connor
Baritone
Thomas Wilson
Organ
Program
Gabriel Fauré
Requiem
JS Bach
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Part 1)
Nigel Butterley
Morning Fanfare
Felix Mendelssohn
Jauchzet dem Herrn
(Praise the Lord)
Brooke Shelley
Heavenly Father
Praise the Lord
Healey Willan
Fair in face
I beheld her
Rise up, my love