Beethoven said his Missa Solemnis was ‘my greatest work’. He put his heart and soul into this music over a period of nearly four years – well and truly missing his deadline along the way – and the result is magnificent, ambitious and gloriously inspiring.

Beethoven wrote on the finished manuscript: “From the heart – may it return to the heart.” And our chief conductor David Robertson offers these concerts as a musical gift from the heart to Sydney audiences, bringing together the full forces of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and an impressive line-up of soloists for Beethoven’s life-affirming and visionary creation.

David Robertson conductor
Susanna Philips soprano
Olesya Petrova mezzo-soprano
Stuart Skelton tenor
Shenyang bass
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs