Event
CIMF18: Requiem
- Date: Tuesday, 1 May 2018, 10am and 11:30am
- Venue: Australian War Memorial — Treloar Crescent, Campbell, ACT
- Series: This event is part of the Canberra International Music Festival 2018 series
- Tickets: This is a free event, however registration is required by phone on (02) 6230 5880
Event Details
Due to limited seating capacity, this event is now fully booked. Please contact info@cimf.org.au to be placed on a waiting list.
Two 55 minute performances beginning at 10am and 11:30am
The worldwide conflict 1914-1918 and the unprecedented losses on the Western front changed the course of history. This musical commemoration in the Hall of Remembrance reflects on some of the heart-breaking words written or voiced at the time.
PROGRAM to include:
William Barton: Elegy
Peter Sculthorpe (1929-2014): Threnody for cello solo
Eleanor Daley: “In Flanders Fields” on words by John McCrae (1915)
Gordon Hamilton: “Dark Hour” on words by Billy Hughes (1916)
Frederick Septimus Kelly (1881-1916): Elegy in Memoriam Rupert Brooke (1915)
ARTISTS
William Barton, didgeridoo
Members of the Pietra and Orava Quartets
Luminescence Chamber Singers
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
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| Dark hour : SATB choir (2015) by Gordon Hamilton — performed by Luminescence Chamber Singers |
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| Elegy for string orchestra : arranged for choir by Gordon Hamilton by Frederick Septimus Kelly — performed by Luminescence Chamber Singers |
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| Threnody : for solo cello (1992) by Peter Sculthorpe |
| Elegy by William Barton |
Featured artists
- Music of William Barton
- Performer Luminescence Chamber Singers
Featured non-Australian music
Eleanor Daley
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