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Sessions on the Pier:

Time & Tide

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Saturday, 19 September

5:00 pm & 8:00pm

The Neilson, ACO On The Pier

Pier 2/3, Hickson Road, Walsh Bay

Now in its third edition, our much-loved concert series fusing classical, jazz and popular song returns — this time celebrating the beauty and rhythm of the changing seasons.

Presented in the intimate surrounds of The Neilson on Pier 2/3 by the harbour, this program invites audiences to experience the year’s cycle through music of warmth, reflection and joy.

Led by Naomi Crellin and Nick Begbie, members of the award-winning a cappella ensemble The Idea of North, the Choir joins forces with a superb jazz trio to explore the shifting moods of nature and time.

Benjamin Britten’s radiant The Succession of the Four Sweet Months and Morten Lauridsen’s evocative Mid-Winter Songs capture the poetry of the natural world in timeless choral writing. These are paired with imaginative arrangements of beloved favourites, including the Beatles’ Here Comes the Sun, Gershwin’s Summertime from Porgy and Bess, and the jazz classic Autumn Leaves, made famous by Nat King Cole.

Blending elegance, swing and lyrical beauty, Time & Tide offers a captivating evening where genres meet, voices shimmer, and the turning of the year is celebrated in music of light, colour and grace.

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Artists


Sydney Chamber Choir

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Sam Allchurch, Director

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Naomi Crellin Co-Director

Nick Begbie Co-Director

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Jazz Trio


Program includes

Benjamin Britten
The Succession of the Four Sweet Months

George Gershwin
Summertime

Iain Grandage
‘Dawn Sunset’ from Three Bush Songs

George Harrison
Here Comes the Sun

Joseph Kosma/Johnny Mercer
Autumn Leaves

Morten Lauridsen
Mid-Winter Songs

Sergio Mendes
When Summer Turns to Snow

Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein
It Might As Well Be Spring

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Sessions on the Pier:
Time & Tide

Saturday, 19 September 2026

5:00pm & 8:00pm

The Neilson, ACO On The Pier

Pier 2/3, Hickson Road, Walsh Bay

Ticket prices

Premium $110 (Concession $100)
A Reserve $95 (Concession $85)
B Reserve $60 (Concession $50)
Student & Under 30 $30

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Booking fees apply.

Concession prices apply to holders of Commonwealth Health Care Cards, Pensioner Concession Cards and Seniors Health Cards as well as NSW Government Seniors Cards. The Student price applies to full-time students.

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