Kew Philharmonic Chamber Choir: Festive echoes through time

Sat 18 October 2025
2:30 pm 4:00 pm

Hawthorn Arts Centre

360 Burwood Road
Hawthorn VIC 3122

Cost
$40
Concession – $35
Child – free
10/18/2025 2:30 pm 10/18/2025 4:00 pm Kew Philharmonic Chamber Choir: Festive echoes through time Our concert is devoted to choral music written in celebration – of love, nature, monarchs and religious figures. The choir, led by Stephen Kerr, will be joined by soprano Amanda Hargreaves and a group of invited instrumentalists.Works performed will include:the English round Sumer is icumen in (written around 1260) and a set of Renaissance songs celebrating the arrival of spring and the promise of warmer weathergrand compositions by Henry Purcell and George Frederic Handel in praise of British kings Charles II and George IIfestive religious works by Claudio Monteverdi (from his Vespers for the Virgin Mary, 1610) and Antonio Vivaldi (his toe-tapping Gloria, composed in about 1715)various other pieces encouraging singing, dancing and general enjoyment of life. Accessibility at this spaceAccessibility features include:accessible car parkingautomatic doorsaccessible toiletsrampsclear signagetactile signageliftswide passageways. , City of Boroondara [email protected] Australia/Melbourne public

Event details

Our concert is devoted to choral music written in celebration – of love, nature, monarchs and religious figures. 

The choir, led by Stephen Kerr, will be joined by soprano Amanda Hargreaves and a group of invited instrumentalists.

Works performed will include:

  • the English round Sumer is icumen in (written around 1260) and a set of Renaissance songs celebrating the arrival of spring and the promise of warmer weather
  • grand compositions by Henry Purcell and George Frederic Handel in praise of British kings Charles II and George II
  • festive religious works by Claudio Monteverdi (from his Vespers for the Virgin Mary, 1610) and Antonio Vivaldi (his toe-tapping Gloria, composed in about 1715)
  • various other pieces encouraging singing, dancing and general enjoyment of life. 

Accessibility at this space

Accessibility features include:

  • accessible car parking
  • automatic doors
  • accessible toilets
  • ramps
  • clear signage
  • tactile signage
  • lifts
  • wide passageways.
This is a community-run event and not organised or endorsed by Council. No responsibility is taken for incorrect information, changes or cancellations.