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Farewell to John Cran
One of the important elements that has made singing with the Grads and attending our concerts a special experience is the outstanding quality of the professional musicians, who regularly perform with us. This quality was personified in spades in John … Continue reading
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Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle
‘The last of my péchés de vieillesse’ (sins of old age) is how Rossini described the Petite Messe Solennelle, which the Sydney University Graduate Chamber Choir is delighted to present as the Graduate Choir’s last concert of 2018. The performance coincides with … Continue reading
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Apology
An apology to those followers of this blog who just received a post entitled ‘Sydney Sings Messiah 2016’. Due to an error in the publication process this post had appended to it several unreviewed and unedited paragraphs that appear to … Continue reading
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Joan Carden Award Semi-Finals 2015
The hills were alive with the sound of music at St. Patrick’s Church Hall Summer Hill on Sunday 14th of June when six talented singers competed in the 2015 Joan Carden Award semi finals. The adjudicators for the event were … Continue reading
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SSO to perform Czech music
Grads choristers and audience members still transported by Dvořák’s Stabat Mater can extend their emotional stay in Bohemia until early in June, when the SSO, under Chief Conductor and Artistic Director David Robertson, will give a concert of Czech music. … Continue reading
Dvořák’s Stabat Mater: A brilliant start to the year
The Choir’s 2015 concert season got off to a brilliant start with a Great Hall performance on 3 May of Dvořák’s wonderful Stabat Mater. Dvořák marked a new direction in Grads’ repertoire and a thoroughly satisfying one at that. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Tamburini, Ashlyn Tymms, David Hamilton, Dvořák, Lucinda-Mirikata Deacon, Stabat Mater
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Ten Years of Grads’ Recordings
This year marks ten years since SUGC began to record its concerts. As the then President, clearly a very wise person, said in reporting to the 2005 AGM: These recordings will serve as important documents for the Choir as an … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Knight, Andrew Finden, Andrew Goodwin, AWR, Belinda Montgomery, Bernadette Fisher, Celeste Lazarenko, Corkery, Elijah, Greg Ghavalas, Henry Choo, Jenny Duck-Chong, John Bowan, Morgan Pearse, recording, Richard Butler, Simon Lobelson, Stuart Haycock, Verdi
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‘Revealing layers of profound and human emotion’—interview with Christopher Bowen, composer and conductor
On the eve of the premiere of ‘An Australian War Requiem’, composer and conductor Christopher Bowen kindly shares his thoughts on the significance of this work to him. What was the initial spark for you to undertake this project? It … Continue reading
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Five minutes with…Christopher Richardson, bass
Christopher Richardson, bass soloist in ‘An Australian War Requiem’, shares his thoughts with us on what it means to him to be part of this event. What did you find tempting about the invitation to sing in An Australian War … Continue reading
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The Western Front—a long way from home
It would take volumes to write a comprehensive history of the war on the Western Front, something that is clearly beyond the scope of this blog. However, family members of the Sydney University Graduate choir served across all main offensives, … Continue reading
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