Musica Viva Australia The Choir of King's College, Cambridge & William Barton

  • Classical Music
  • Australian premiere
  • Concert Hall
  • Run time: 120 minutes, one 20 minute interval Subject to change
  • Seating map

A must-see meeting of musical traditions

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge returns to Australia for a unique collaboration with composer, performer and visionary William Barton. The iconic Choir, founded in the 15th century, is famous for its much-loved broadcasts from the magnificent Chapel of King's College, but to truly appreciate their remarkable musicianship and impeccable sound you have to hear them live.

And you can, in 2027, when they return to Australia to explore music old and new with one of Australia's most charismatic musicians. From green fields and stained-glass windows to red dirt and blue skies, the songs will meet, merge, and make meaning. Gabriel Fauré's Requiem is the moving centrepiece of a program of choral classics. And woven into these profound meditations, William Barton offers his own invitation to join him in a hymn to Country.

Music including Fauré's Requiem, a selection of choral classics and a new work by William Barton for choir and didgeridoo.*

*World premiere performance. Commissioned for Musica Viva Australia by Craig Reynolds & Sue Rider, in memory of Oliver.

Event details

Hyde injects a freshness into these old favourites, as if a beloved painting had been given a light clean, so it glows more brightly than before.

BBC Music Magazine

Barton explores the full range and virtuosity of his instrument.

Limelight

The world-famous King's College Choir elevated the soul with its crystalline voices and unsurpassable reverence for tradition.

The Guardian

ARTISTS

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Daniel Hyde Director of Music

William Barton didgeridoo/composer

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Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Concert Hall

The Concert Hall is located beneath the largest of Sydney Opera House’s roof sails, filling the upper levels of the west side of the building. Best accessed through the covered concourse. 

All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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