Three Choirs Festival

Programme

Parry I was glad
Joe Twist Magnificat UK Premiere
Bliss Sing Mortals
Ireland Greater love hath no man
Alice Chance Sanctus
Harris Faire is the Heaven
traditional Adira Arenio (O Lamb of God) arr. Alice Chance in consultation with Noel Zaro, Kaylynn Zaro & Mer Elders UK Premiere
Alice Chance Agnus Dei
Bainton And I saw a new heaven
Britten A Hymn to the Virgin
Balfour Gardiner Evening Hymn
Joe Twist Nunc Dimittis UK Premiere
Vaughan Williams The Old One Hundredth Psalm Tune

Brett Weymark and 130 voices of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs present a stirring programme of inspiring hymns and anthems, including Parry’s I Was Glad and Balfour Gardiner's Evening Hymn. These works may have been written for coronations, jubilees, and services in great English cathedrals – but they sound just as transcendent in the cathedralesque Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House and churches in the New South Wales countryside, as the choir proved recently in its 2025 season. Now they bring the music ‘home’ together with UK premieres of works by two celebrated Australian contemporary composers, Joe Twist and Alice Chance, to surprise and delight.

Performance of Greater love hath no man supported by the John Ireland Trust