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Featuring the east coast premiere of Lachlan Skipworth's
Mass for Easter Sunday

And works by Ēriks Ešenvalds
O Magnum Mysterium
Stars
Passion and Resurrection

The Llewellyn Choir presents a special Autumn concert, with the East Coast premiere of Mass for Easter Sunday, by Western Australian composer Dr Lachlan Skipworth, as well as works by contemporary Latvian composer, Ēriks Ešenvalds.

Skipworth’s Mass for Easter Sunday is an energetic and upbeat piece. It was commissioned by Joseph Nolan and St George’s Cathedral and premiered in Perth in April 2023. Skipworth (born 1982) graduated with a PhD in composition from Sydney University in 2016. His Mass for Easter Sunday uses a condensed version of the Mass text, omitting the Kyrie, and comprises the Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei. According to Skipworth “the addition to the choir of timpani and a brass octet provide a perfect vehicle to conjure the joy and celebration we expect for Easter Sunday”.

Ēriks Ešenvalds (born Latvia 1977) is among the most sought-after composers working today. Widely performed and recorded, his works span choral, orchestral, stage, and film.

Passion and Resurrection, for choir, solo soprano, solo quartet and string ensemble, tells the Passion story drawing on a range of texts from the gospels, from Byzantine and Roman liturgies, and from the Old Testament.

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