Event
CIMF18: A Soldier's Return
- Date: Friday, 4 May 2018, 7:30pm
- Venue: Fitters' Workshop — Wentworth Avenue, Next to Canberra Glassworks, Kingston, ACT
- Series: This event is part of the Canberra International Music Festival 2018 series
- Tickets: Adults: $69 | Children: $25 | Concession: $64 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (02) 6230 5880
Event Details
In 1918 Stravinsky turned the folk story of a soldier trading his violin with the devil into The Soldier’s Tale, “to be read, played and danced”. In a most unsentimental fashion, this 60-minute musical play marks the end of four horrible years whilst hinting at the enduring human capacity to make a pact with the devil. Millions had lost their lives. Few soldiers returning from the battlefield in 1918 would have been unaffected, physically or mentally. One hundred years later, the effects of PTSD are the subject of medical research and broader community awareness. This new project of Canberra Wind Symphony is the direct result of working with servicemen and women returning from the theatre of war in various parts around the globe.
PROGRAM
Jodie Blackshaw, The Bitter and the Sweet (WP)
Igor Stravinsky, The Soldier’s Tale - L’Histoire du soldat (1918)
ARTISTS
Canberra Wind Symphony directed by Geoff Grey
Tim Fain, violin
Jacqueline Dossor, double bass
Rainer Saville, trumpet
Nigel Crocker, trombone
Magdalenna Krstevska, clarinet
Ben Hoadley, bassoon
Claire Edwardes, percussion
Featured non-Australian music: Stravinsky
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (02) 6230 5880 or by email to info@cimf.org.au
Featured Australian Works
| The Bitter and the Sweet : symphonic wind band by Jodie Blackshaw — performed by Geoff Grey and Canberra Wind Symphony |
Featured artists
- Performer Canberra Wind Symphony
- Conductor Geoff Grey
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