FANS of festive tunes in South Australia have a feast of music ahead over Christmas and into the new year.
Adelaide is the place to be over the silly season, with a host of spectacular concerts on over the festive season. Here’s a round-up of some of the entertainment on offer.
Metropolitan Male Choir of South Australia
Get into the Christmas spirit in the Barossa and Adelaide with the Metropolitan Male Choir of South Australia.
The choir will sing at St John’s Luterhan Church, Tanunda, on December 1 at 2pm and Elder Hall in Adelaide on December 8 at 7.30pm.
The program includes traditional carols, some with new arrangements. Both concerts will feature the classic Hallelujah and there will also be a sing-along to give you the festive feel. The choir will be supported by a string quartet and organ soloist.
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah
Is it possible to have Christmas without The Messiah? Performances of Handel’s beloved oratorio have long been an advent tradition, but this year Adelaide gets an extra-special treat. Directing the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra will be UK Handel specialist Christian Curnyn.
Joining him in the Elder Hall concert, December 13-15 at 7.3pm, will be Australian soloists Sara MacIver (soprano), Fiona Campbell (mezzo-soprano), Henry Choo (tenor) and Morgan Pearse (bass) as well as the Adelaide Chamber Singers.
- For tickets click HERE
Intervarsity Choral Festival, Adelaide
Then in January, Adelaide will host the 70th annual Australian Intervarsity Choral Festival – a 10-day gathering of more than 100 university choristers from around the country.
The festival will culminate in the Northern Lights Concert at St Peter’s Cathedral, North Adelaide, on January 19 at 8pm.
The concert will feature the Australian premiere of Kim Andre Arnesen’s Grammy-nominated work Magnificat, plus works by contemporary Scandinavian and Baltic composers.
- Tickets, $25-$30, at the door or click HERE
Graduate Singers, Sing Noel
Getting ready for Christmas concerts is one of the Graduate Singers (known as The Grads) director of music Karl Geiger’s favourite jobs. “It’s the chance to sing and conduct Christmas carols – and of course to enjoy the wealth of beautiful music written to celebrate the season,” he said.
Join The Grads for their Sing Noel candlelit concerts at Pilgrim Church, Adelaide on December 7, 8pm and St Peter’s Cathedral, North Adelaide on December 8, 8pm.
- Tickets $30, at the door or click HERE
Corinthian Singers of Adelaide
The Corinthian Singers annual Christmas concert series begins with Handel’s Messiah at St John’s Church, Halifax Street, Adelaide on December 2, 6.30pm. Tickets from $20 at door or click HERE
They will also be performing two carol concerts at the church on December 14, 9pm and December 19, 7pm. Tickets to the ‘Tis the Season: Beautiful Christmas Songs and Carols $30, $25 at the door or click HERE.
Christmas Proms at Festival Theatre
Guy Noble conducts the ASO for Adelaide’s much-loved Christmas Proms at Festival Theatre from December 14-16.
He will be joined by musical theatre stars Lucy Durack and tap dancing legends Jan Di Pietro and Sean Mulligan. Enjoy seasonal orchestral and singalong favourites including excerpts from Tchaikovsky, Strauss and Bizet.
On December 14 (11am, 7.30pm) and 15 (2pm and 7.30pm). Tickets from $32.50, 131 246 or click HERE
