2026 Season

The Song Company’s 2026 Season includes a major collaboration with Bach Akademie Australia, continuing a long-standing commitment to partnership, excellence, and shared musical vision. The Song Company will also continue its tradition of welcoming world-class Guest Directors to work with the ensemble.

Bach's Motets

Bach Akademie Australia collaborates with Australia’s premier vocal ensemble The Song Company to present Bach’s seven surviving motets alongside two works of contemporary genius, Australian composer Sandra Milliken’s Herr Jesus Christus and O Radiant Dawn by James MacMillan.

Bach's Motets

Schütz's Der Schwanengesang

After 25 years shaping The Song Company into one of Australia’s most admired ensembles, Roland Peelman returns to direct a landmark project. At its centre is Heinrich Schütz’s Der Schwanengesang - a monumental setting of Psalm 119, completed in 1671 as a last(ing) statement of moral and musical values. Written for two antiphonal quartets, this performance features sixteen voices, revealing a depth of colour, resonance and scale.

Schütz's Der Schwanengesang