Event
Maralinga Lament
- Date: Monday, 14 October 2013, 7:30pm
- Venue: Union Chapel — London, N1, United Kingdom
- Tickets: Adults: £16 — Tickets can be purchased online
Event Details
London’s all-Australian chamber orchestra, Ruthless Jabiru, and guest artist Lara St. John perform a concert tribute to the complex history of the Maralinga land in remote South Australia. Maralinga was chosen as a site for undercover British nuclear testing in the 1950s and 60s, leaving the area heavy with radioactive waste and thousands of Indigenous people and servicemen affected, both British and Australian. A musical programme by Matthew Hindson, Paul Stanhope, Linda Buckley, Arvo Pärt and Samuel Barber evokes the loss and the chemical strangeness which has become integral to the Maralinga landscape.
Featured non-Australian music: Linda Buckley (Fall Approaches), Arvo Pärt (Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten), Samuel Barber (Adagio for strings)
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured Australian Works
| Maralinga : for violin and string orchestra (2011) by Matthew Hindson — performed by Lara St. John |
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| Qinoth : for 11 string instruments (2011) by Paul Stanhope — performed by Kelly Lovelady and Ruthless Jabiru |
Featured artists
- Performer Lara St. John
- Performer Ruthless Jabiru
- Conductor Kelly Lovelady
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