A centrepieces in the coming Canberra International Music Festival is Benjamin Britten’s pacifist composition “The Children’s Crusade”. It was inspired by Brecht’s poem, and will be sung by Luminescence Children’s Choir, reports HELEN MUSA.
Canberra International Music Festival / Concert 9, “Great Hall Rising”, Fitters’ Workshop, May 3. Reviewed by
ROB KENNEDY.
AUSTRALIAN democracy came about through several dramatic events. This concert linked some of the landmarks of Australian history with music that journeyed into the heart and soul of the nation.
The artists for this performance were: William Barton, didgeridoo; Delmae Barton, voice; Golden Gate Brass Quintet; Daniel and David Wilfred, songmen from Ngukurr in Arnhem Land; Susannah Lawergren, soprano; Jason Noble, clarinet; Veronique Serret, violin; James Wannan, viola; Blair Harris, cello; and Roland Peelman, piano.
In a concert of diverse performances that crossed much musical territory, it began with “Bakery Hill Rising”, by Vincent Plush. The title of this work coming from the Eureka Rebellion of 1854, which occurred in Bakery Hill, Ballarat, Victoria. From outside the workshop, the French horn played by Aidan Gabriels from the Golden Gate Brass Q
Canberra International Music Festival, Concert 17,
“Waltz to Tango”, at the Fitters’ Workshop, May 7. Reviewed by LEN POWER
THE waltz of 18th century Vienna and the “nuevo tango” of Argentina seem at first glance to be worlds apart.
The waltz was popular in Europe but social unrest in the 19th century resulted in emigration to the Americas. With a melting pot of musical influences, imported and local, new musical genres arose.
By the end of the 19th century, the tango was gaining in popularity in Argentina. In the early 20th century, Astor Piazzolla, who earned his living playing in tango clubs, introduced classical and jazz elements, creating a new repertoire known as “nuevo tango”.
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