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
Featured non-Australian music: Eleanor Daley
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
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