A Luminous Christmas

Name: A Luminous Christmas
Start: 2026-12-10T19:30:00+1100
End: 2026-12-18T20:40:00+1100
Location: St James' Church, Sydney

Thu, 10 Dec, 7:30pm - Fri, 18 Dec, 8:40pm AEDT

St James' Church, Sydney

Sydney NSW, Australia

Luminescence Chamber Singers

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Description

An evening of uplifting Christmas music from around the world, performed by Luminescence. Renaissance polyphony to Nativity hymns, and carols old and new, bundled into one heavenly hour.

ARTISTS

Luminescence
AJ America, mezzo soprano
Josephine Brereton, soprano
Rachel Mink, soprano
Dan Walker, tenor
Lucien Fischer, baritone
Alasdair Stretch, bass-baritone

Conducted by Roland Peelman

PROGRAM

HODIE CHRISTUS NATUS EST Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1619)

NOE, NOE, PSALLITE Jean Mouton (1519)

VERBUM CARO FACTUM EST Hans Leo Haßler (1591)

OY, JOSEPH Francisco Guerrero (1589)

MARIA DURCH EIN DONWALD GING (Trad. German, arr. Patrick Baker)

BOAR’S HEAD CAROL (Trad. England)

HAIL, QUEEN OF HEAVEN Ross Edwards (1967)

PATAPAN Trad. French, arr. Roland Peelman

BIRJINA GAZTETTABOT: THE ANGEL GABRIEL Trad. Basque, arr. Roland Peelman

CANÇŌES DE NATAL Chico Buarque, 1967 arr. Roland Peelman

FAINTY FALLING Andrew Schultz (2026) World Premiere

CAROL OF THE BELLS arr. Dan Walker

CHRISTMAS CARD Deborah Cheetham-Fraillon (2023) arr. Dan Walker

LITTLE STAR, Jonathan Zwartz (2021) arr. Roland Peelman

O FAITHFUL COMMODORE Alex Raupach (2025) World Premiere

OUR WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN Ruth McCall (2026) World Premiere

DING DONG MERRILY ON HIGH George Ratcliffe Woodward (1924) arr. Dan Walker

70 mins no interval

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Comprised of six professional singers, Luminescence Chamber Singers is a virtuosic vocal ensemble based on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country [Canberra, Australia]. Performing music that spans Medieval chant and Renaissance polyphony as well as folk song, pop, and contemporary art music, Luminescence has rapidly emerged as one of Australia’s leading ensembles.

Recent performance highlights have included appearances at the Sydney Opera House (2023), City Recital Hall (2018), major collaborations with the National Museum of Australia (2022) and the National Gallery of Australia (2023), and Four Winds Festival (2019, 2020, 2022). Since 2017, Luminescence has appeared annually at the Canberra International Music Festival, performing in more than 16 festival programs including the collaborations with many of Australia’s leading musicians: Ensemble Offspring, Bach Akadamie Australia. Luminescence presents an annual concert program in Canberra, Sydney and surrounding regions as well as appearing for a range of festivals, collaborations, and special events.

Luminescence works closely with conductor and director Roland Peelman AM, a regular guest conductor and artistic mentor for the ensemble.

Luminescence also delivers a range of educational activities, including workshops, young artist programs, masterclasses, holiday programs, including an acclaimed program for young performers: the Luminescence Children's Choir.