Every year on Christmas Eve, millions of listeners around the world tune in to hear The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge celebrate the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in a glorious display of the British choral tradition.

Now this unique and precious sound, the product of generations of voices and centuries of music, returns to Australia featuring some of their best-loved repertoire.

Alongside traditional hymns and soaring anthems, the Choir will perform a touchstone of the choral repertoire:  Maurice Duruflé's magnificent Requiem, a radiant meditation on life and death for choir and organ.

Integral to their performance is a new work commissioned by Australian composer Damian Barbeler, working with a text by Judith Nangala Crispin (a descendent of the Bpangerang people), which grapples with threads of history to come up with something new and compelling.

ON SALE DATES

Subscriptions are on sale now via Musica Viva Australia's website here.

Single tickets will be available via Perth Concert Hall from Tuesday 26 March 2024.*

*Musica Viva Australia is expecting demand for these performances to be high, as The Choir sold out the last time they performed in Australia. The best way of securing tickets for The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge is to book a Musica Viva Australia subscription (a minimum of three and up to seven concerts). This means your seats are guaranteed, you make great savings and can plan your concert-going across the year.

ARTISTS

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

PROGRAM 

GABRIELI O magnum mysterium 
BULL Almighty God, which by the leading of a star 
TALLIS Videte miraculum 
WEIR Vertue 
DURUFLÉ Requiem 
DAMIAN BARBELER (music) & JUDITH NANGALA CRISPIN (poem) Charlotte (2023)*  

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.

Please note: A one-off handling fee of $6.60 applies to all web, phone and mail bookings. A fee of $3.85 applies to over the counter bookings. An additional fee of $4.40 per transaction applies for delivery via Registered Post. All ticket / item prices include GST, if applicable.

MOBILE TICKETS
Mobile tickets will be emailed shortly after the order confirmation.

FOOD & BEVERAGE

A menu will be available closer to the event. 

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