QPAC

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Classical Music

Musica Viva Australia Latvian Radio Choir & Genevieve Lacey

4 Nov 2026, 7pm

Concert Hall

Tickets are also available as part of a subscription from Musica Viva Australia.

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$65 - $135 *

* A transaction fee of $7.50 applies.

2 hours

including interval, subject to change without notice

The Latvian Radio Choir spread their wings and fly with Australia’s own recorder queen, Genevieve Lacey. Join them as they look to the skies for dancing planets and soaring birds in the music of Pēteris Vasks. Get lost in the sheer beauty of Arvo Pärt’s Magnificat and listen to the world’s first singers in Jon Rose and Hollis Taylor’s Bird on Byrd. Then experience an uplifting new commission from iconic Latvian composer, Ēriks Ešenvalds, setting the words of multi-award-winning Australian author and poet, Alexis Wright.

“The girl thought that she could hear ghost music,
black swans whispering,
descending in never-ending ribbons,
gathering into flocks of thousands.”
Alexis Wright, The Swan Book

This event is part of Musica Viva Australia’s 2026 Season. View the full QPAC program here.

Watch Musica Viva Australia’s Trailer for their Latvian Radio Choir and Genevieve Lacey Tour below:

Program

Caroline Shaw And the Swallow
Van Eyck Engels Nachtegaeltje
Pärt Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
Mendelssohn Psalm XXII ‘Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen’
Hollis Taylor and Jon Rose Bird on Byrd (New commission)
Palestrina Diminutions on Pulchra es anima mea
Vasks Our Mothers' Names
Ēriks Ešenvalds Ceremony of Swans (New commission)

The Concert Hall Visual and Sensory Guide [PDF, 5MB] provides information on what you can expect while visiting QPAC.

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Concession

Seniors & Pensioner card holders.

Youth

Under 40 years old at the time of performance.

Child

Children under the age of 18 years of age.

Artists

Latvian Radio Choir
Artistic Director Kaspars Putniņš
Recorders Genevieve Lacey

[Lacey plays with] wit, sensuality, and mind-boggling flamboyance.

Guardian
This chorus’s expertise in music pushes voices to extremes, from ethereal high tones to uncannily sustained bass drones.

New York Times