Event
Of Birds and Monuments
- Date: Sunday, 4 June 2023, 2:00pm
- Venue: The Memo (Healesville) — 235 Maroondah Highway, Healesville, VIC
- Tickets: Tickets can be purchased online
Event Details
This concert features Duo Eclettico performing Jane Hammond’s awardwinning Songs of the Helmeted Honeyeater for piano, soprano saxophone, film, and narrator. The work tells the story of the plight of Victoria’s critically endangered Helmeted Honeyeater bird, and the work of the local conservationists to save the species. With text by renowned director, writer, and producer Theresa Borg, and a stunning new film by Angus Hamilton.
PROGRAM
Jane Hammond: Songs of the Helmeted Honeyeater for soprano saxophone, piano, film and narrator. (Text by Theresa Borg, film by Angus Hamilton), narrated by Tiriki Onus Short
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Linda Kouvaras: Herring Island Piano Sonata for piano, recorded sound and narrator (Text by N'arweet Dr Carolyn Briggs AM, sound by Roger Alsop), narrated by Tiriki Onus Short
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Linda Kouvaras: Buluwirri Bugaja Piano Suite for piano, recorded sound and narrator (Text by Tiriki Onus, sound by Roger Alsop), narrated by Tiriki Onus, based on stories from his award-winning documentary Ablaze
Further information for this event is available by phone on 0400 100 883 or by email to lindaik@unimelb.edu.au
Featured Australian Works
| Buluwirri Bugaja Piano Suite : for piano, narrator and soundscape by Linda Kouvaras — World premiere — performed by Duo Eclettico and Tiriki Onus | |
| Herring Island Piano Sonata : for piano, narrator and soundscape by Linda Kouvaras — performed by Duo Eclettico and Tiriki Onus | |
| Songs of the Helmeted Honeyeater (spoken voice with chamber ensemble) by Jane Hammond — performed by Tiriki Onus and Duo Eclettico |
Featured artists
- Performer Duo Eclettico
- Performer Tiriki Onus
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