New arrangement of The Star of Bethlehem for Christmas

Updated November 27 2017 - 2:32pm, first published November 24 2017 - 11:30am

When Rowen Fox discovered Rheinberger’s The Star of Bethlehem he knew it would be a beautiful Romantic-era work for Phoenix Choir to perform. This setting of the Christmas story with shepherds, angels and the wise men following the star is often performed in Germany but too rarely heard in Australia. The challenge was how to stage a Blue Mountains premiere of the work using the very best of local talent.

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