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In 2019, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs became a resident company of the Sydney Opera House, having performed there every year since the opening in 1973. That year’s Messiah concert was recorded by the ABC for webcast and has been viewed over 1.3 million times.
Since that humble beginning in suburban Sydney over 100 years ago, members of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs continue to bring their passion and commitment to singing great music at the highest standard with some of the world’s finest conductors, soloists and orchestras.
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs | Ode to Joy: Beethoven & Smyth
Sydney Opera House Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney NSW 2000, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaThe critic George Bernard Shaw told Ethel Smyth that her ‘magnificent’ Mass would ‘stand up in the biggest company!’ and we wholeheartedly agree. For this Festival Chorus concert with the Sydney Youth Orchestra, we’ve paired Smyth’s fiercely passionate creation for choir and orchestra with Beethoven’s mighty ‘Ode to Joy’ finale from his Ninth Symphony. It’s […]
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs | Showstoppers
Sydney Town HallA highlight of 2023 was our Golden Age of Broadway concert with the Symphony Chorus – an irresistible evening of toe-tapping tunes and sheer entertainment that sent us all home with smiles to ‘make the world worthwhile’. We simply had to do it again, so we’re back in 2024 with a celebration of Rodgers and Hammerstein […]
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs | Showstoppers
Sydney Town HallA highlight of 2023 was our Golden Age of Broadway concert with the Symphony Chorus – an irresistible evening of toe-tapping tunes and sheer entertainment that sent us all home with smiles to ‘make the world worthwhile’. We simply had to do it again, so we’re back in 2024 with a celebration of Rodgers and Hammerstein […]
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs | Handel’s Messiah
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Sydney 2 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaMessiah is a work of musical inspiration and pure faith. The story goes that Handel finished the Hallelujah Chorus in tears, saying ‘I think I did see all Heaven before me, and the great God himself!’ And since its triumphant first performances in Dublin in 1742, it has moved listeners just as powerfully, with its […]
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs | Handel’s Messiah
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Sydney 2 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaMessiah is a work of musical inspiration and pure faith. The story goes that Handel finished the Hallelujah Chorus in tears, saying ‘I think I did see all Heaven before me, and the great God himself!’ And since its triumphant first performances in Dublin in 1742, it has moved listeners just as powerfully, with its […]
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs | Handel’s Messiah
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Sydney 2 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaMessiah is a work of musical inspiration and pure faith. The story goes that Handel finished the Hallelujah Chorus in tears, saying ‘I think I did see all Heaven before me, and the great God himself!’ And since its triumphant first performances in Dublin in 1742, it has moved listeners just as powerfully, with its […]