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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 Gold ....
Canberra International Music Festival / Concert 22, “Song of the Earth”, Fitters’ Workshop, Saturday, May 8. Reviewed by ROB KENNEDY. FITTINGLY, to end the 2021 Canberra International Music Festival, Gustav Mahler’s “Song of the Earth”, which according to Leonard Bernstein was Mahler’s greatest work, was on the bill. Following the most painful period in his life, Gustav Mahler wrote his “Das Lied von der Erde”. This work performed was arranged by Arnold Schoenberg. The artists were Sally-Anne Russell, mezzo soprano, Andrew Goodwin, tenor, and the Festival Ensemble, directed by Roland Peelman. The massively bright opening to this seminal work created a stunning beginning for the final 2021 Canberra International Music Festival concert. ....
Amber Evans conducts the ensemble. Photo: Peter Hislop Canberra International Music Festival / Concert 19, “Mozart Recomposed”. At the Fitters’ Workshop, Saturday, May 8. Reviewed by ROB KENNEDY HIGH jinx violins and Mozart’s requiem recomposed by the Australian composer Gordon Hamilton were on the bill for this concert of musical invention. But it was much more than that. In the Fitters’ Workshop for the Canberra International Music Festival concert 19, “Mozart Recomposed”, the performers were, Kristian Winther, violin; Anna da Silva Chen, violin; Roland Peelman, pianos; Australian Voices with Luminescence Chamber Singers and led by soprano and conductor Amber Evans. Anna da Silva Chen. Photo: Peter Hislop ....
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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