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Digital Audio AlbumThe Night Parrot / Jessica Wells.
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Featured Australian works
| Work | Composer | Performers | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Night Parrot — soprano with string quartet |
Jessica Wells | Morgan England-Jones, Acacia Quartet | 23 mins |
Product details
Setting a bush poetry-style text created by librettist Jeff
Wells, composer Jessica Wells traces in music the story of the
Night Parrot, and the quest to find it and bring it back from the
edge of extinction: an exploration, she says, 'of the human
endeavour that had almost destroyed this little bird, but has now
saved it.' Her music evokes the vast and sparse outback
environment that the Night Parrot inhabits; it examines the
predators and dangers that threaten its existence; it takes us to
Victorian England and the posh drawing rooms where stuffed birds
were sent; it shows us the first time a bird was held in human
hands for over 130 years; and finally, it reflects on the
importance of the effort to preserve the species now and into the
future.
Performed by award-winning soprano Morgan England-Jones and the
Acacia Quartet, this is a heartwarming and uplifting musical
account of one of this country's great stories.
I. Prologue -- II. Will-o-the-Wisp -- III. Channel Country -- IV. The Story of a Little Bird -- V. Predators -- VI. The Story of a Precious Bird -- VII. Victoriana -- VIII. The Story of Pezoporus occidentalis -- IX. Sundown in the Spinifex (Re-enactment) -- X. Epilogue -- XI. Reflection.
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