‘Rich and neglected music’ given a chance to shine We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Peter McCallum Normal text size ★★★★½ The song cycle takes the listener into one of music’s most personal spaces, like reading poems in the privacy of your own imagination. Although they do not usually tell stories operatically, Sydney Chamber Opera gave a series of song cycles a subtle narrative in a series of “cycles of song cycles”, as SCO Artistic Director, composer and pianist for these concerts Jack Symonds put it. Jane Sheldon’s voice captured an iridescent quality as it mixed with the resonance of the old church’s wooden beams.