In illo tempore

A live programme in three uninterrupted sequences exploring the very different temporal perspectives of the Easter story in glorious polyphony by Monteverdi, based on his musical forebear Gombert, with new Australian motets by Alice Chance and Elliott Gyger, and by Antony Pitts, the new Artistic Director of The Song Company, Australia’s premier vocal ensemble. Recorded in the round in the cavernous acoustics of the Crypt of St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney.

1EMIIT 67 minutes 46 seconds

‘A three-part polyphonic soothing of the soul … the singing throughout was precise and unforced’ (Limelight, Australia)
‘Pitts’ music expanded classic polyphonic vocal textures to incorporate modern harmonies within a broadly consonant framework and an original and sensitive understanding of the voice … this was a ...
‘From the first intake of breath … I was yet again overawed by the exquisite vocal machine that is The Song Company … clever artistic direction placed Australian composers in amongst the anc ...