Latvian Radio Choir & Genevieve Lacey

The Latvian Radio Choir spreads its wings and flies with Australia’s own recorder queen, Genevieve Lacey. Join them as they look to the skies for dancing planets and soaring birds in the music of Pēteris Vasks. Get lost in the sheer beauty of Arvo Pärt’s Magnificat and listen to the world’s first singers in Hollis Taylor’s Bird on Byrd. Then experience an uplifting new commission from iconic Latvian composer, Ērik Ešenvalds, setting the words of multi-award-winning Australian author and poet, Alexis Wright. [Lacey plays with] wit, sensuality, and mind-boggling flamboyance The Guardian This chorus’s expertise in music pushes voices to extremes, from ethereal high tones to uncannily sustained bass drones The New York Times The girl thought that she could hear ghost music, black swans whispering, descending in never-ending ribbons, gathering into flocks of thousands Alexis Wright, The Swan Book