The Sydney Symphony performs Compassion
Featuring Lior & Nigel Westlake
Be swept away as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra presents the music of beloved Australian composer Nigel Westlake, including the award-winning song cycle Compassion featuring singer-songwriter Lior.
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Tonight’s performance of The Sydney Symphony performs Compassion on Friday 31 May will contain a change of program.
Lior, who was to perform in this concert, is no longer able to do so due to illness. Compassion, in which Lior was the soloist, will be replaced by Grieg’s Holberg Suite. Ticketholders will be contacted about ticket options. Please note, the Manning Entertainment Centre’s Box Office is still available by telephone (02) 6592 5466 or email box.office@midcoast.nsw.gov.au.
Port Macquarie Glasshouse
Tamworth Memorial Town Hall
Taree Manning Entertainment Centre
Duration
The concert will end at approximately 9pm. Latecomers might be admitted during a suitable break in the performance and will be guided to first available seats.
Pre-Concert
There will be no pre-concert talk prior to this performance commencing.
Concert Guide
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What happens when a great soulful voice meets the power of an orchestra
Based on ancient texts, Compassion unites singer-songwriter Lior’s energising vocal range with acclaimed composer Nigel Westlake’s (Babe, Paper Planes, Miss Potter) orchestral writings. Moments of ethereal beauty and lyricism give way to harmonic innovations and dazzling percussion, as we’re swept up into that rare realm of artistry and collaboration that crosses cultural and emotional divides.
Commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and winner of an ARIA Award for Best Classical Album, Compassion is an ‘astonishing piece of Australian music’ (Russell Torrance, ABC Classic) and a luminous deep-dive into the power of human compassion.
Entitled Psyche, Westlake’s Trumpet Concerto was written especially for the Orchestra’s Associate Principal Trumpet Brent Grapes. This ‘exhilarating and exciting’ (Limelight) work gives every opportunity for soloist and orchestra to shine bright like the golden gleam of brass instruments.
PROGRAM
ARVO PÄRT Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
NIGEL WESTLAKE Psyche, Concerto for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra
NIGEL WESTLAKE & LIOR Compassion
ARTISTS
NIGEL WESTLAKE conductor
LIOR vocals
ANDREA LAM piano
BRENT GRAPES trumpet
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