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"...it is inspiring to hear choral singing of such brilliance and consummate artistry...
Musica Sacra seems to have achieved all the qualities choral conductors dream about"
Dominion Post, October 2006
Musica Sacra, October 2008 (photo: Kevin Bishop)
Musica Sacra is a chamber choir of around 35 voices founded and conducted by Indra Hughes and based in Auckland, New Zealand. The choir performs regularly in concerts, choral services, recordings and radio and television broadcasts.
After celebrating our Tenth Anniversary in 2008, we have assembled another year of magnificent music, marking the anniversaries of composers Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn.
The choir's most recent CD recording, Christmas a cappella II, was in the top ten of the New Zealand Classical Chart for ten weeks, five of them at Number One.
In 2006 the choir became the proud owners of the 1981 Mander chamber organ first used at the Royal Wedding in St Paul's Cathedral, London in 1981; the organ was inaugurated by John Scott in a special concert. Click on the 'Chamber Organ' menu button at the left to read more about this beautiful instrument.
We hope you will enjoy visiting this website, where you can find full information about the choir and its performances and repertoire, recordings and reviews. Our 2009 programme ranges from the sixteenth century to the present day in a variety of concerts, recordings and services.
We encourage you to join our Mailing List and we look forward to welcoming you at our performances.
Indra Hughes, conductor
Kevin Bishop, general manager
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Next Service
26 July at 5:00pm
Choral Evensong at St Matthew-in-the-City
music by Charles Wood
with Guest Conductor Woo-sug Kang
Concerts
12 July at 5:00pm
St Michael's, Remuera
Howells: Take him, earth for cherishing; Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; etc
concerts & services >>
Announcements
2009 Season is launched
news >>
Audio and Video
audio and video >>
Media
new review of Tenth Anniversary Concert (Nov 2008)
reviews & media >>
Updated
29 June 2009
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