Music for Holy Week: Fredrik Sixten – Stabat Mater - Canticum Chamber Choir

5:30pm, Fri, 18 Apr 2025

  • Event Details
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  • Type of event: Concert
    Start time: 5:30pm
    End time: 6:45pm
    External website related to this event: www.canticum.org.au/
    Venue: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 369 Given Tce, Paddington
    Description: Music for Holy Week: Fredrik Sixten – Stabat Mater
    Canticum Chamber Choir and orchestra, with conductor Emily Cox AM and soloists Anne Fulton and Paul McMahon, present the Australian premiere of a brand-new choral work by Swedish composer Fredrik Sixten in our annual "Music for Holy Week" series.

    A 13th century hymn, the Stabat Mater portrays Mary at the foot of the cross experiencing her son's crucifixion - an extraordinary depiction of a mother’s suffering. Sixten, acclaimed world-wide as a truly significant composer of our time, creates a pathos-filled setting, masterfully balancing melody, dissonance and expressivity to produce a powerful, moving work.

    Canticum is proud to present this outstanding new contribution to contemporary sacred music for the first time in Australia.