"...stylish performances in which everyone sang and played like angels in the most heavenly music ever written."

New Zealand Listener, December 2011

Musica Sacra, December 2010 (photo: Hans Weichselbaum)
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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. As the name implies, the choir concentrates on sacred music, but it is not a church choir.

Three of the choir's four CDs have been Number One in the New Zealand Classical Chart, including our most recent recording, "Christmas Spectacular", released in November 2011. In March 2011 Musica Sacra brought the celebrated German countertenor Andreas Scholl to Auckland to sing a programme of Bach and Handel with the choir in a highly successful, sold-out concert at Auckland Town Hall.

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 2012 programme ranges from the sixteenth century to the present day in a variety of concerts, recordings and services, and includes a prestigious concert with the celebrated organist Dr John Scott: click Concerts and Services at the left to find out more.

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

Next Services

26 February 2012 at 5:00pm
Choral Evensong

Concerts
6 April at 3:30pm and 8:00pm
music for Good Friday:
Finzi - Lo, the full, final sacrifice
Philip Ledger - Requiem
concerts & services >>

Announcements

New Trustees appointed

news >>

Audio and Video

audio and video >>

Media
Reviews of Christmas Spectacular CD
Review of Spanish concert
Review of ANDREAS SCHOLL concert
reviews & media >>

Updated 13 January 2012