Every year on Christmas Eve listeners around the world tune in to hear The Choir of King’s College sing much-loved carols, in a glorious display of the British choral tradition stretching back 500 years.

Now this historic ensemble comes to Australia to perform transcendent works for choir and organ at Perth Concert Hall.

It’s not all heavenly voices: just as boys grow up and voices change, the Choir’s work evolves across the generations.

Integral to their performance is a work commissioned from Australian composer Damian Barbeler, working with a text by Judith Nangala Crispin (a descendent of the Bpangerang people), which weaves a new tapestry from the threads of history, a dialogue in radiant song.

★★★★★ "Glorious tradition not afraid to experiment"
– The Age (read the full review)

ARTISTS

Daniel Hyde Director of Music
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

PROGRAM 

George Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759)
Zadok the Priest HWV 258 (1727)                                       

Giovanni GABRIELI (c.1554–1612)
O Magnum Mysterium (1587)                                                           

Olivier MESSIAEN (1908–1992)
Les Anges from La Nativité du Seigneur                                               

Morten LAURIDSEN (b. 1943)
O Magnum Mysterium (1994)                                                     

Olivier MESSIAEN 
Transports de Joie from L’Ascension                                       

Edgar BAINTON (1880–1956)
And I saw a new heaven (1928)                                         

Damian BARBELER (b. 1972) [music] and Judith Nangala CRISPIN [poem]
Charlotte (2023)*                                                                      

Maurice DURUFLÉ (1902–1986)
Requiem, Op. 9 (1948)                     
                               

*World premiere performances. Commissioned for Musica Viva Australia by Richard Wilkins.

RUNNING TIMES

Start 7:30pm
Interval TBC*
Finish TBC*

*Times are approximate and subject to change at any time.

ADDITIONAL TICKETING INFO

$40 FOR UNDER 40s
Under 40 tickets are $40 for anyone under 40 years of age. A valid proof of ID must be presented at time of booking and may be requested on the night.

$15 STUDENT TICKETS 
$15 Student tickets are available for full-time students, and may be booked in advance and at the door for all MVA concerts. 
Valid ID card must be presented upon purchase to receive the discount and carried on the night.

CONCESSIONS
Means-tested Australian pensioners (Aged, Disability, Veteran's Affairs and Supporting Parent) and Health Care card holders are eligible to receive Musica Viva's Concession prices.

Mobile tickets will be emailed shortly after the order confirmation.

A one-off handling fee of $6.90 applies to all web, phone, mail and in-person bookings. An additional fee of $4.40 per transaction applies for delivery via Registered Post. All ticket / item prices include GST, if applicable.

DIGITAL PRE-CONCERT TALK

Join Doctor David Larkin as he provides insight into the varied program of The Choir of King's College, Cambridge.

Learn more and listen to the digital pre-concert talk on Spotify.

Please note there will be no in-person pre-concert talk.

FOOD & BEVERAGE

A menu will be available closer to the event. 

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