Join the UNSW Collegium Musicum Choir for an evening rich with emotion and reflective lyricism. The program will open with the profound and moving Miserere in C Minor by JCF Bach, a work which was only discovered in 1975. This powerful setting of the Psalm 50 (51), the 'Penitential Psalm', is dated 1770 and scored for four solo voices, mixed choir, strings, and continuo. The choir will be joined by an accomplished ensemble of soloists, Amy Moore, Ashlyn Tymms, Ranald McCusker and Aidan O’Donnell, accompanied by a full orchestra. The program will close with the colourful Mass in B Flat by Haydn, highlighted by the exemplary orchestral and eloquent woodwind writing, rounding out the journey from a plea of mercy, to sparkling joy, to an intimate and reflective close.

PROGRAM
 

JCF BACH Miserere in C minor

HAYDN Mass in B flat ‘Theresa' Hob. XXII:12

Includes a 15 minute interval
 

Amy Moore soprano

Ashlyn Tymms mezzo-soprano

Ranald McCusker tenor

Aidan O’Donnell bass

Collegium Musicum Choir

Sonia Maddock I Choral Director and Conductor

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Amy Moore

With a voice praised for its ‘crystalline clarity’, Amy Moore is an adept soloist and ensemble singer, working with virtually all the leading UK ensembles. In Australia, Amy has performed solo concerts with the Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, Pinchgut Opera, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Bach Akademie Australia, The Choir of St James’ King Street, Victoria Chorale Melbourne, Trinity College Choir Melbourne, Willoughby Symphony Orchestra, and Sydney University Graduate Choir.

Ashlyn Tymms

In 2025, Ashlyn Tymms makes her mainstage début at Opera Australia – singing Ježibaba (Rusalka) and Dorothée (Cinderella) and with State Opera South Australia singing the Stewardess (Flight). In 2024, Ashlyn Tymms sang Ježibaba in Rusalka and Dido in Dido and Aeneas for West Australian Opera and Fanny Price in Mansfield Park for New Zealand Opera. She took the alto solos in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, Mozart’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 for West Australian Symphony. She also sang the Beethoven with the Queensland Symphony and Bach’s St. John Passion with the Melbourne Symphony.

Ranald McCusker

Scottish lyric tenor Ranald McCusker completed his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK. His first performance with Opera Australia was in the 2022 production of La Juive. Ranald has performed at numerous UK festivals and concert halls including the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, The Edinburgh Festival and The Bridgewater Hall.

Aidan O’Donnell

Bass Aidan O’Donnell has worked with organisations such as the Choir of St. James’ King Street, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Castalia Vocal Consort, The Song Company, and Bach Akademie Australia. Aidan has been involved in masterclasses such as the in the ‘Melbourne International Festival for Lieder and Art Song’ in 2019 with Graham Johnson, and through SCM with Paul Fitzsimon and Matthew Barclay.

Collegium Musicum Choir

UNSW's 100-voice choir known as the Collegium Musicum Choir was founded in 1975 by Professor Roger Covell and Dr Patricia Brown and has a long tradition of performing choral-orchestral works and Christmas programs at UNSW to a semi-professional standard. For the past two decades, choral director, Sonia Maddock has led the ensemble's annual program. The choir's membership includes undergraduate students from across the university, as well as postgraduates, staff and members of the community.

TICKETING

To help us run our concerts more smoothly, online ticket purchases have been discounted to encourage pre-concert sales:

Online: $18.50 | $22| $25 (plus booking fees)

Tickets can also be purchased at the door on the concert day at full price as indicated below:

At The Door: $21 | $25 | $28