BURDEN OF TRUTH
MAINSTAGE & IN CAMERA: Transience and homelessness in the world première of a new 32-part setting of Gavin Bryars' classic Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet and a remake of a legendary canon from the Eton Choirbook.
INTO THE HEART – our 2021 Season
As the times become more uncertain, Australia's national vocal ensemble sings with more certainty than ever – from and into the heart! With COVID continuing to have an impact on our lives in different ways, but particularly affecting gathering together in one place, and moving inter-state, we have created a 2021 season that is as nimble and transformative in a positive way as the virus is negatively.
SONGS FROM THE HEART
MAINSTAGE: Songs from the heart created by Indigenous composers Elizabeth Sheppard and Sonya Holowell for The Song Company Songs From The Heart is a brand-new creative collaboration between The Song Company and Indigenous composers and singers Elizabeth Sheppard and Sonya Holowell. Elizabeth and Sonya are working together with Artistic Director, Antony Pitts, and seven of The Song Company’s Principal and Ensemble Artists to create an a cappella presentation directly inspired by the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
POSTPONED!!! DICHTERLIEBE REIMAGINED
CLOSE-UP: Koen van Stade – Dichterliebe as Schumann might have imagined it The 26 June, 6:30pm performance at Sydney Conservatorium of Music has been postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions and venue policies.
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Support The Song Company today with your donation towards our EOFY 2021 campaign. Described as "one of the bravest ensembles around”, The Song Company is determined to continue bringing the highest quality of vocal music to stages around Australia, performing works ranging from the middle-ages to newly commissioned works.
TRANSIENS – a kaleidoscopic meditation in film and music [extract 2]
An extract from a 25-minute kaleidoscopic meditation on ecclesiastical and architectural imagery to accompany the 25-part motet Transiens An extract from a 25-minute kaleidoscopic meditation on ecclesiastical and architectural imagery to accompany the 25-part motet Transiens, based on the Eton Choirbook canon, Jesus autem transiens, filmed at St James’, King Street and Christ Church St Laurence in Sydney. Part of The Song Company's Burden of Truth project, also featuring Gavin Bryars's Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet. Available in full at https://the.song.company/transiens-film for Silver & Gold Members.
TRANSIENS – a kaleidoscopic meditation in film and music [extract 1]
An extract from a 25-minute kaleidoscopic meditation on ecclesiastical and architectural imagery to accompany the 25-part motet Transiens An extract from a 25-minute kaleidoscopic meditation on ecclesiastical and architectural imagery to accompany the 25-part motet Transiens, based on the Eton Choirbook canon, Jesus autem transiens, filmed at St James’, King Street and Christ Church St Laurence in Sydney. Part of The Song Company's Burden of Truth project, also featuring Gavin Bryars's Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet. Available in full at https://the.song.company/transiens-film for Silver & Gold Members.
BURDEN OF TRUTH | Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet – 50th Anniversary World Première | Gavin Bryars talks to Antony Pitts
Gavin Bryars talks to Antony Pitts in the 50th anniversary year of Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet about the genesis of the piece and of his new choral a cappella version, recorded by The Song Company and friends in 2020 for the Burden of Truth project, with a live tour in Melbourne, Sydney, and Canberra in May/June 2021.
TRANSIENS – a kaleidoscopic meditation in film and music [extract 3]
An extract from a 25-minute kaleidoscopic meditation on ecclesiastical and architectural imagery to accompany the 25-part motet Transiens An extract from a 25-minute kaleidoscopic meditation on ecclesiastical and architectural imagery to accompany the 25-part motet Transiens, based on the Eton Choirbook canon, Jesus autem transiens, filmed at St James’, King Street and Christ Church St Laurence in Sydney. Part of The Song Company's Burden of Truth project, also featuring Gavin Bryars's Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet. Available in full at https://the.song.company/transiens-film for Silver & Gold Members.
2021 INTO THE HEART – Three MainStage Concert Tours
The Song Company's Artistic Director, Antony Pitts, introduces 2021's MainStage tours: Burden of Truth, Arms of Love, and Songs From The Heart.
BURDEN OF TRUTH | THE MAKING OF A LOCKDOWN ALBUM: The Recording
Behind-the-scenes: sixteen of the singers on the Burden of Truth album talk about recording at home, recording alone, and recording perfection...
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