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3 unusual facts about Sydney University Musical Society


Sydney University Musical Society

SUMS has performed many great works over its lifetime, including the Australian premiere performances Bach's Mass in B minor and St Matthew Passion in 1880; premiére performances of Martin and Peter Wesley Smith’s Songs of Australia for the Australian Bicentenary in 1988, the world premiére of Nicholas Routley’s Mycenae Lookout in 1998, & world premiére of Anne Boyd’s carol, A Lullaby of the Nativity, written for SUMS in 2003.

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The Musical Society has performed with orchestras such as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Youth Orchestra and the SBS Youth Orchestra.

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Recent SUMS performances include; Mozart's Great Mass in C minor and Fauré's Requiem in 2010; Duruflé's Requiem in 2011 and Verdi's Requiem, which SUMS performed with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Symphony Orchestra, Choir and Chamber Choir in June 2012.



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