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An exquisite Hark! marks end of era for The Song Company

The Song Company | Hark! 12 December, 2025, Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, NSW In the large Events Space of Pier 2/3 of the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, the rough wooden beams formed a framework for the Song Company’s last 2025 concert, Hark! Carefully curated by Artistic Directors Amy Moore (soprano) and Jessica O’Donoghue (mezzo soprano), the concert consisted

Pepe Newton December 17, 2025

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From Solfège to Swingle – The Song Company at their eclectic best

The Song Company | Odd Couples Pairings 20 September, 2025, Utzon Room, Sydney NSW Guest Director: Huw Belling Soprano – Susannah Lawergren, Amy Moore (Co-Artistic Director) Mezzo-soprano – Jessica O’Donoghue (Co-Artistic Director) Tenor – Timothy Reynolds Baritone – Hayden Barrington Bass – Andrew O’Connor Percussion – Nicki Johnson It’s not often you go to a choral concert and leave thinking

Pepe Newton September 21, 2025

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The Song Company’s Journey to Finisterre a profound experience

The Song Company: Journeying to Finisterre 15 March 2025, St Philip’s Church, Sydney, NSW Program: Llibre Vermell de Montserrat – O Virgo Splendens Tomas Luis de Victoria – O quam gloriosum Codex Calixtinus – Congaudeant Catholici Juan del Encina – ¡O Reyes Magos Benditos! Alfonso X El Sabio – Cantigas de Santa Maria: Entre Ave e Eva Francisco Guerrero –

Daniel Kaan March 17, 2025

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The Song Company, “ecstatically sung; a thrilling performance”

The Song Company| Fire Songs and Madrigals 21 September 2024, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW ARTISTS Susannah Lawergren – Soprano Amy Moore – Soprano Christie Anderson – Mezzo Soprano Timothy Reynolds – Tenor Hayden Barrington – Baritone James Fox – Bass PROGRAM Carl Crossin Part Needle, Part Thread Morten Lauridsen 6 Madrigali “Fire Songs” Claudio Monteverdi Ecco mormorar l’onde

Daniel Kaan September 24, 2024

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Celebrating 40 years of The Song Company in style

The Song Company | Vespers for Mother Earth June 23, City Recital Hall, Sydney THE SONG COMPANY Susannah Lawergren, Annika Hinrichs, Anna Fraser – Sopranos Jessica O’Donoghue & Hannah Fraser – Mezzo Sopranos Timothy Reynolds & Louis Hurley – Tenors Hayden Barrington & Andrew O’Connor – Baritone & Bass Guest Director: Roland Peelman Ensemble Offspring & Guest Instrumentalists Lamorna Nightingale, Flute

Pepe Newton June 24, 2024

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Song Company’s Superbloom ‘a form of worship in song’ superbly performed

The Song Company | Superbloom March 7, 2024, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW Superbloom describes the miraculous blooming of the desert after unusual rain – there is an extreme contrast between the arid and the lush. Guest Director Jane Sheldon embraced this concept to create an exciting program of contrasts, where some works are ‘arid’ in their sounds, while

Heidi Hereth March 12, 2024

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A wonderful celebration of superb singing by The Song Company

The Song Company | Hark! November 30, 2023, St Francis of Assisi Church, Paddington, NSW HARK! HEAR! Listen…….enjoy……sing……. This we did in the beautiful setting of St. Francis of Assisi in Paddington. “Hark!’ was a wonderful celebration of superb singing by The Song Company with recitation of some quirky poetry, plus the opportunity to join in with the singing of

Heidi Hereth December 6, 2023

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The Song Company’s moving tribute to William Byrd’s legacy

The Song Company | Songs from a Strange Land Sunday Oct 8, 2023, St Mary’s Crypt, Sydney In their third program for 2023, under the guest direction of early music specialist Christopher Watson, The Song Company pay homage to William Byrd, a man who crafted some of the most exquisite vocal compositions ever conceived. 2023 marks the 400th anniversary of

Pepe Newton October 8, 2023

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The Song Company, in a word – ethereal

The Song Company | Songs Under the Southern Cross March 17, 2023, The Neilson, Walsh Bay In her program notes for Songs Under the Southern Cross Guest Director Amy Moore describes The Song Company as “an energetic and engaging group of musicians with a passion for storytelling through the transformative beauty of the human voice,” hear hear Amy, I could

Pepe Newton March 18, 2023

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A faultless Fauré by Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | Paradisum March 4, 2022, City Recital Hall The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra has established a reputation as a finely tuned dedicated company specialising in Baroque period music and of course it is named after works of J.S. Bach. Formed in 1989, under the auspices of Paul Dyer and Bruce Applebaum, it has made the City Recital Hall

Tony Burke March 7, 2022

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Song Company’s effervescent artists dance with passion

Song Company: Dances of Passion 19 March 2021, Cell Block Theatre, Sydney The scene was set for a lively evening’s entertainment by the enthusiastic housekeeping ‘presentation’ from the show’s Production Manager Sarah Elise Thompson which received applause from a full-house audience, unfettered by masks and eagerly anticipating a live performance after months of COVID restrictions. The introduction by Musical Director

Clive Lane + Marjory Ellsmore March 21, 2021

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Song Company goes ‘Into the Heart’

Australia’s national vocal ensemble opens its red-blooded 2021 season with the first of its ‘Salon’ series of concerts featuring The Song Company’s outstanding Ensemble Artists. The entertaining SALON program of Brahms’ energetic Liebeslieder Waltzes, and the touching Tonadillas en un Stile Antiguo by Enrique Granados, plays in Wollongong, Newcastle, Sydney & Canberra from 10 March. Directed by legendary Australian soprano

Pepe Newton February 15, 2021

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Review: Hallelujah for The Song Company

Full disclosure before you read on, I am a not-so-secret Handel fangirl. In fact as I reflect on my year I realise I have actually seen 3 (yes 3) live performances of Handel’s Messiah’s in the past 12 months… This time last year I was at St Andrew’s Cathedral in the centre of Sydney’s bustling shopping-frenzied CBD enjoying a very

Pepe Newton December 9, 2020

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