Faire is the Heaven

Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester, South-West, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Saturday 01 August 2026

11:00

Programme

Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings (1848-1918)	I was glad
Twist, Joseph (b. 1982)	Magnificat (UK premiere)
Bliss, Arthur (1891-1975)	Sing Mortals
Ireland, John (1879-1962)	Greater Love
Chance, Alice	Sanctus
Harris, William Henry (1883-1973)	Faire is the Heaven
Traditional	Adira Arenio (O Lamb of God) (arr. Alice Chance)
Chance, Alice	Agnus Dei
Bainton, Edgar Leslie (1880-1956)	And I saw a New Heaven
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)	Hymn to the Virgin
Gardiner, Henry Balfour (1877-1950)	Evening Hymn
Twist, Joseph (b. 1982)	Nunc Dimittis (UK premiere)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)	The Old 100th

Performers

Brett Weymark	Choirmaster / chorus director
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
Luke Mitchell	Organ

Brett Weymark and 130 voices of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs present a stirring programme of inspiring hymns and anthems, including Parry’s I Was Glad and Balfour Gardiner's Evening Hymn. These works may have been written for coronations, jubilees, and services in great English cathedrals – but they sound just as transcendent in the cathedralesque Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House and churches in the New South Wales countryside, as the choir proved recently in its 2025 season. Now they bring the music ‘home’ together with UK premieres of works by two celebrated Australian contemporary composers, Joe Twist and Alice Chance, to surprise and delight.

Price

£36, £31, £26, £11

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