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Bielbah – Double Helix : a song-story in 20 scenes / Mark Dunbar.
by Mark Dunbar (2010)
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- Instrumentation: 10 singer/actors, SATB chorus, string orchestra, piano, didjeridu (on-stage), percussion (4 players).
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Bielbah: Double Helix. Two sung stories wind around each other, separated by two hundred years, but genetically bound. In one, the King of England (and Australia) arrives to officially open Parliament. Bielbah plots to assassinate him and thus change things forever for his people. It is 2057.
In the other, Bielbah convinces his followers to attack the homestead of invading sheep farmers in Central Queensland before it is too late, as their only way to resist annihilation. It is 1857.
Bielbah: Double Helix asks: What is a terrorist? Who are our heroes? Who chose them and why? What is un-Australian? What history is remembered? Where is Bielbah's statue?
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (353p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced — some advanced contemporary techniques
Duration: 100 min.
Commissioned by Brisbane Canto Coro.
First performance by Mark Dunbar, Brisbane Canto Coro — 18 Jul 10. Ahimsa House, Brisbane
Includes libretto, character descriptions, and programme note.
"Rehearsal Draft" ; in 2 volumes.
Dramaturgical assistance: Carmen Attel.
Typeset edition.
This edition produced 2018.
ISMN: 979-0-67311-030-4
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