Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

Introducing nipaluna/Hobart’s new professional vocal ensemble - Sonus Lux! Sonus Lux is drawn together by our passion for choral music old and new. Each member contributes to the group with their experiences as conductors, singers and teachers, leading to the delivery of projects that challenge, move, and entertain audiences across Tasmania and themselves. Sonus Lux are excited to embark on this adventure by presenting a programme around our namesake - Sonus Lux (sound of light). Curated and directed by Sebastian Allen (alto), ‘Resounding Light’ draws on works from composers abroad and at home in Australia, featuring famous texts such as O Nata Lux and Lo, There is Light alongside contemporary writings Northern Lights and White Nights. Sonus Lux is also proud to present a number of Tasmanian premieres, including Joseph Twist’s The Peace of Wild Things, Clare Maclean’s We Welcome Summer, and Jake Runestad’s Spirited Light. Sonus Lux will give their inaugural performance in a concert on the 3rd of May at 2.30pm in the beautiful acoustic of Saint Mary’s Cathedral Hobart. The group will also feature in a performance hosted by the Hans Vonk Music House in Spreyton, Northern Tasmania. Join us as we celebrate Sonus Lux’s beginnings and establish their place in Australia’s choral landscape!

Featured non-Australian music: Phillip Cooke - O Lux Beata Trinitas, Jake Runestad - Spirited Light, Ola Gjeilo - Northern Lights, Maurice Durufle - Notre Pere, Igor Stravinsky - Pater Noster, Earth Song - Frank Ticheli, Holy is the True Light - W.H. Harris, O Nata Lux - Morten Laurid,

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by email to sonusluxensemble@gmail.com

Featured Australian Works

	Lo, there is light! : mixed voices (SSAATTBB) a cappella (1996) by Matthew Orlovich
	Peace of Wild Things : SATB choir by Joseph Twist
	We welcome summer : SATB choir (1996) by Clare Maclean
	White Nights by Ben van Tienen