Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two and the death of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, an influential Lutheran theologian. He was arrested by the Nazis in 1943 and executed on 9 April 1945. In this concert, Sydney Chamber Choir collaborates with the award-winning German male-voice quintet Ensemble Nobiles to present a thought-provoking musical tribute to Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Ensemble Nobiles has commissioned composers from Australia, Germany, New Zealand, the UK and the USA to set to music texts written by Bonhoeffer while imprisoned, interleaved between the movements of a new Mass setting. This is the world premiere of the complete work in Sydney before joining the Gewandhaus Choir as well as choirs from Melbourne and the UK for a performance of this landmark program in the famous Gewandhaus in Leipzig in May. This is deeply affecting music that speaks to the importance of our shared humanity.

Featured non-Australian music: Paul Heller (Germany) Mass; David Hamilton (NZ) Heiliger Geist (Holy Spirit); Matthew Harris (USA) Morning Prayer; Alec Roth (UK) Die Ruhe der Nacht (The Peace of the Night); Manfred Schenker (Germany) Von guten Mächten (By Gracious Powers Protected)

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on 1300 661 738 or by email to info@sydneychamberchoir.org

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Featured artists

• Performer Ensemble Nobiles
• Performer Sydney Chamber Choir
• Conductor Sam Allchurch
• Music of Sandra Milliken