Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

We are thrilled to present a concert showcasing choral works we will take on our performance tour to Portugal and Spain in October 2026!

Romancero Gitano (Gypsy Romances) by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco is an evocative choral setting of powerful lyrics by Federico García Lorca, portraying the everyday lives of common people in a Spain soaked in passion, and fully brought to life with the virtuosic guitar playing of Ermanno Brignolo.

Our varied program features Balada de la Luna, Luna, by Modesta Bor (Venezuela), also set to Lorca’s poetry, as well as Canciones Sefardíes (Sephardic songs) by one of Spain’s most popular composers, Joaquin Rodrigo, commemorating the 125^th anniversary of his birth.

Our tour includes performances in Leiria (Portugal), Seville, Granada, Lliria, Montserrat and Sabadell (Spain), and we are delighted to feature works by Australian composers David Basden, Clare Maclean, Paul Stanhope and Joseph Twist, also included in the concert.

Come and enjoy all this music in Ashfield Town Hall on 16^th August, followed by refreshments and wine!

Coro Austral: Sydney’s specialist Spanish and Latin American chamber choir

Featured non-Australian music: Romancero Gitano / Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Canciones Sefardíes / Joaquin Rodrigo - Balada de la Luna, Luna / Modesta Bor - Ave Maris Stella / Eva Ugalde - El cant dels ocells / Josep Ollé I Sab até

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (02) 0410 505 562 or by email to dgoodwin237@gmail.com

Featured Australian Works

	Hope there is : SATB choir (1990) by Clare Maclean — performed by Coro Austral
	Jubilate Deo : SATB choir (2009) by Joseph Twist — performed by Coro Austral
	Ya rab al salaam, Shalom aleichem (satb choir with solo voice(s)) (2011) by Paul Stanhope — performed by Coro Austral
	Alleluia! O Virga Mediatrix by David Basden
	Refugee by Joseph Twist

Featured artists

• Performer Coro Austral