Exploring Inner Pilgrimage Through Timeless Sacred Music

Journeying to Finisterre is an evocative exploration of pilgrimage, not just across landscapes but deep within the self. Curated by Co-Artistic Director and Soprano Amy Moore, this program delves into the 12th Century Codex Calixtinus and 14th Century Libre Vermell de Montserrat—devotional manuscripts that guided pilgrims both physically and spiritually.

We trace the Camino paths to Santiago de Compostela with Spanish and Portuguese Renaissance polyphony, including Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Versa est in Luctum which echoes through time in Joseph Twist’s setting of the same text. Paul Stanhope’s Geography VI draws us deep into the natural world, and Anne Cawrse’s Pilgrim Psalms offer a contemporary reflection on spiritual journeys, the quest for inner connection and the timeless search for meaning.

 

"some new, some old, but all beautifully performed"
— Limelight

 

 

SOPRANO

 

Susannah Lawergren | The Song Company
Susannah Lawergren
SOPRANO

 

Amy Moore | The Song Company
Amy Moore | Co-Artistic Director, Guest Director

 

MEZZO SOPRANO


Jessica O'Donoghue | Co-Artistic Director

TENOR

 

Timothy Reynolds
Timothy Reynolds 

 

BARITONE

 

Hayden Barrington | The Song Company
Hayden Barrington

 

BASS

 

Andrew O'Connor | The Song Company
Andrew O'Connor

 

JOURNEYING TO FINISTERRE

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 - Ave Virgo Sanctissima
Francisco Guerrero - Ojos claros, serenos
Joseph Twist - Versa est in luctum (from Three Motets after Victoria)
Llibre Vermell de Montserrat - Stella Splendens
Pedro de Cristo - Quae est ista
Toru Takemitsu - Kaze no uma (Wind Horse): Vocalise 1
Rodrigo de Ceballos - Hortus Conculusus
Anne Cawrse - I look up to the mountains (from Pilgrim Psalms)
Alonso Lobo - Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui
Paul Stanhope - Geography VI
Manuel Machado - Dos estrellas le siguen
Tomas Luis de Victoria - Versa est in luctum
Edie Hill - Cancion de el Alma “En una noche escura”

Tour Details

Accessibility

Wheelchair Access

Dates & Times

Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Friday 7 March - 6pm
St Francis Xavier Cathedral - Wollongong Saturday 8 March - 3pm
Wesley Music Centre - Canberra Sunday 9 March - 3pm
St Philip's Church - Sydney Saturday 15 March - 2pm
St Philip's Church - Sydney Saturday 15 March - 7pm
Blackheath Uniting Church - Blackheath Sunday 16 March - 2:30pm

Tickets

Adult $69.00
Seniors & Pensioners $59.00
Under 35 $39.00
Student $25.00

Location

Harold Lobb Concert Hall

Auckland St, Newcastle NSW 2300

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