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.
ARTISTS:
Sydney Chamber Choir
Sam Allchurch – Director
Naomi Crellin Co-Director
Nick Begbie Co-Director
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
