Commissioned in 2020 for performance by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs upon the occasion of their 100th birthday, this joyful setting draws upon a text with a Beethoven connection.
Christmastide
Matthew Orlovich2022-02-03T13:59:15+11:00This setting of Mary C. Shafer's poem "Christmastide" for mixed voices was commissioned in 2015 by Chicago-based choir, Acappellago, directed by Mr Dennis Smith.
Sweet Mercy!
Matthew Orlovich2022-02-03T15:59:21+11:00"Sweet Mercy... opens in each heart a little heaven", writes the Founder of the Sisters of Mercy, Catherine McAuley. Based on her text, this SSA setting has an islander / gospel sound.