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World O World - Bathurst

  • Classical Music
  • Contemporary Music
  • Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
  • All Saints’ Cathedral, Bathurst
  • Run time: 110 minutes, including 20 minute interval Subject to change

VOX, the young adult ensemble of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, celebrates 25 years of vibrant music-making with music ranging from Eric Whitacre, Arvo Pärt and Jacob Collier, to Australian Dan Walker.

PLEASE NOTE: this performance does not take place at Sydney Opera House. This performance takes place at All Saints’ Cathedral, Bathurst.

In 2026, VOX turns 25, and this virtuoso Gen-Z choir is celebrating its origins and looking to the future in a gorgeous program devised by longstanding VOX director Elizabeth Scott.

For its first concert, VOX commissioned a young Australian, Dan Walker. The result was Archangelo. For this 25th anniversary celebration at the White Bay Power Station, Dan has been invited to write a new piece for VOX and VOX alumni. In between, there’s music representing the essence of VOX: a fresh choral sound, virtuoso a cappella harmonising, and themes of spirituality, environment and community. VOX favourites such as Eric Whitacre and Arvo Pärt will be joined by old friends, emerging voices, and a new favourite: World O World by British trailblazer Jacob Collier.

Event details

…cinematic, meditative, calming and completely unforgettable and it was greeted with a collective wow!

Limelight

…spellbound from start to finish… Bravo!

EastsideFM

Program

Alice CHANCE Aurora Eora†
Ēriks EŠENVALDS Only in Sleep
Dan WALKER Archangelo (2001)†
Eric WHITACRE A Boy and a Girl
Ben van TIENAN When I Am Old†
Eric WHITACRE Alleluia
Aija DRAGUNS Situ Koku (Morning Star)
Arvo PÄRT Morning Star
Arvo PÄRT Bogoróditse Djévo
SPC Emerging Composers New works†
Pärt UUSBERG Muusika
Mark TEMPLETON Abun D’bash’maiyo (Our Father)
Jacob COLLIER World O World 
Dan WALKER New work†

† SPC commissions, new and revisited

Artists

Elizabeth Scott conductor

VOX
VOX alumni

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Bathurst NSW 2795
Australia

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