Event
Spinifex Gum
- Date: Friday, 25 January 2019, 8pm
- Venue: Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall — Bennelong Point, Sydney, NSW
- Series: This event is part of the Sydney Festival 2019 series
- Tickets: $50-$80 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (02) 9250 7777
Event Details
Musical snapshots of life in the Pilbara, north Western Australia, performed by the lush voices of Marliya from Gondwana Choirs, young Indigenous women singing in English and Yindjibarndi. Joining the choir are Felix Riebl and Ollie McGill of the Cat Empire, who wrote and produced the music, and special guests Briggs, Emma Donovan and Peter Garrett.
Commissioned to write a song cycle for the choir, Riebl spent several years visiting the Pilbara to build relationships and gather stories. He and Ollie McGill went on to write album Spinifex Gum about the region’s local tales and characters, true stories of racism and injustice, and the legacies of colonisation with music production that’s staunchly modern, built from found sound samples of the Pilbara – rustling leaves, bouncing basketballs and chugging trains.
For one night only at the Sydney Opera House, experience the powerful, beautiful harmonies of Marliya choir with Briggs, Emma Donovan and Peter Garrett.
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured artists
- New work by Felix Riebl
- Performer Gondwana Choirs
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