Latvian Radio Choir & Genevieve Lacey

The Latvian Radio Choir spreads its wings and flies with Australia's own recorder queen, Genevieve Lacey. 

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 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.

'[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

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

Tickets

Single tickets on sale Wednesday 15 October 2025.

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Artists

Latvian Radio Choir 
Kaspars Putniņš Artistic Director
Genevieve Lacey recorders

Program

Caroline Shaw
And The Swallow

Jacob van Eyck
Engels Nachtegaeltje

Arvo Pärt
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis 

Felix 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

Pēteris Vasks
Our Mothers' Names

Ēriks Ešenvalds
Ceremony of Swans (New Commission)

Special thanks to Ensemble Patrons Ian Dickson AM & Reg Holloway for their generous support of this tour.