Light & Shade

From German Baroque genius Heinrich Schütz, in his 350th anniversary year, comes an extraordinary vision of light in the most harrowing of circumstances: funeral music in the midst of war that stubbornly refuses to submit to despair.

Surrounding this rich and profound work like the petals of a flower is the radiant beauty of music by JS Bach, John Rutter, the neglected 17th-century master Franz Tunder, and Australian composer Brooke Shelley, including a new work commissioned by the choir.

• Franz Tunder Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott

• Brooke Shelley Praise the Lord

• Brooke Shelley Heavenly Father (World Premiere)

• Heinrich Schütz Musikalische Exequien (Requiem)

• John Rutter Hymn to the creator of light

• JS Bach Lobet Den Herrn