Event
Gul Gul Dja Mardji: Long Is the Journey. An Australian Concert for Christmas
- Date: Saturday, 9 December 2017, 5pm
- Venue: St James' Church (King Street) — 173 King St, Sydney, NSW
- Tickets: Adults: $50 | Concession: $45 | Student: $10 | Children: $10 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (02) 8256 2222
Event Details
Experience a home-grown ‘manger full’ of Australian Lessons and Carols with The Choir of St James’ and the Academy of St James’, and special guests, actor Lex Marinos, and comedian/journalist/author Gretel Killeen.
Gul Gul Dja Mardji is a true blue Christmas concert featuring music by Paul Kelly, Christopher Willcock, Alice Chance, with carol favourites from Wheeler & James, and specially commissioned works by St James’ choristers, Owen Elsley and Brooke Shelley. An all-Australian music line up will be interspersed by readings from contemporary and historical Australian writers, including William McInnes, Ethel Turner, and Patrick White, with some Christmas memories past, present, and probably hilarious from Lex Marinos and Gretel Killeen.
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (02) 8227 1300
Featured Australian Works
| Carol of the birds by William G. James — performed by Academy of St James, Warren Trevelyan-Jones and Choir of St James' Church | |
| Silver stars are in the sky (unspecified choir with piano) by William G. James — performed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones and Choir of St James' Church | |
| Southern star (satb choir with harp) (2004) by Christopher Willcock — performed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones and Choir of St James' Church |
| We Three Kings : choir by Alice Chance — performed by Choir of St James' Church, Academy of St James and Warren Trevelyan-Jones |
Featured artists
- Music of Alice Chance
- Music of Dan Walker
- Performer Choir of St James' Church
- Conductor Warren Trevelyan-Jones
- Performer Academy of St James
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