Event
Traversing the Void
- Date: Friday, 17 March 2023, 7pm
- Venue: Wesley Music Centre — 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT
- Tickets: Adults: $35 | Children: $0 | Concession: $30 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (02) 6232 7248
Event Details
Traversing the Void - a pocket chamber opera written by Icelandic composer Hildigunnur Runarsdottir with librettist Josephine Truman (45 mins) with themes about the Blue Mountains as perceived through the eyes of a wild cockatoo.
Blue Mountains Suite - in three movements. 1. Mountains Ablaze. 2. Lament for the Joeys.3. Rain on a Tin Roof by Rebecca Daniel (Director and First Violin of Kanimbla Quartet.)
Performance of three choral pieces - 'Gluna', 'Psalm 150' and 'Vorlauf' by Hildigunnur Runarsdottir, ‘Gloria’ by Penelope Thwaites (from Missa Brevis) and ‘Requiem, by Eliza Gilkyson performed by SCUNA.
This concert is supported by The Blue Mts City of the Arts Trust Fund,the Australia Council of the Arts,STEF (Iceland) and Tomanelli inc.
Featured non-Australian music: Traversing the Void by composer Hildigunnur Runarsdottir, librettist Josephine Truman
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (02) 6232 7248 or by email to j.u.truman@gmail.com
Featured Australian Works
| Missa Brevis : for soprano, tenor, SATB choir and organ by Penelope Thwaites — performed by ANU Choral Society (SCUNA) | |
| The Blue Mountains Suite by Rebecca Daniel |
Featured artists
- Performer Kanimbla Quartet
- Performer Hallveig Rúnarsdóttir
- Performer Marais Project
- Performer Josephine Truman
- Music of Rebecca Daniel
- Performer ANU Choral Society (SCUNA)
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