An Opal Hearted Country
Saturday 5 April 2014
St Andrew's Anglican Church, Indooroopilly
Today's programme explores a variety of music, much of which is by Australian composers. Among them are some established names – Nigel Westlake, Paul Stanhope, Clare Maclean – but also some younger emerging composers like Daniel Brimsmead and Megan Nelson, who will become part of the next generation of musical voices. Their work reflects a uniquely Australian landscape and culture, while also drawing on quintessentially Australian poetry and imagery. The words of Dorothea Mackellar (“the hot, gold hush of noon”) or Michael Leunig (“we are loved by the sun”) immediately conjure up sensations of the Australian summer heat, which has a quality distinct from anything experienced in the rest of the world. There is also music which reflects intensely personal stories of sadness for the loss of Australian lives, such as Nigel Westlake's Nascia la Gioia Mia, written after the tragic death of his 19 year old son, and Paul Stanhope's Lux Aeterna, which was commissioned in memory of a young student from St Peters Lutheran College.
St Andrew's Anglican Church, Indooroopilly
Today's programme explores a variety of music, much of which is by Australian composers. Among them are some established names – Nigel Westlake, Paul Stanhope, Clare Maclean – but also some younger emerging composers like Daniel Brimsmead and Megan Nelson, who will become part of the next generation of musical voices. Their work reflects a uniquely Australian landscape and culture, while also drawing on quintessentially Australian poetry and imagery. The words of Dorothea Mackellar (“the hot, gold hush of noon”) or Michael Leunig (“we are loved by the sun”) immediately conjure up sensations of the Australian summer heat, which has a quality distinct from anything experienced in the rest of the world. There is also music which reflects intensely personal stories of sadness for the loss of Australian lives, such as Nigel Westlake's Nascia la Gioia Mia, written after the tragic death of his 19 year old son, and Paul Stanhope's Lux Aeterna, which was commissioned in memory of a young student from St Peters Lutheran College.
- Lamentatio – Manuel Cardoso
- Egressus Jesus Secessit – Pero de Gamboa
- Tristis est Anima Mea – Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla
- Nascia la Gioia Mia – Nigel Westlake
- He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven – Daniel Brimsmead
- Lux Aeterna – Paul Stanhope
- In Paradisum – Megan Nelson
- Nearer My God to Thee – Lowell Mason arr. James Stevens
- We Welcome Summer – Clare Maclean
- On the Banks of the Condamine – Iain Grandage
- Waltzing Matilda – arr. Ruth McCall
Singers
Soprano: Katherine Chan, Julia Golding, Bronwyn Mitchell, Sarvenaz Monfaredi, Bonnie Pearce, Rebecca Thomas
Alto: Stephanie Eaton, Nicki Jenkins, Alisen McLeod, Emily Young
Tenor: Chris Bradley, Ross Jelf, Tim Smetham
Bass: James Fox, Robin Maurer, Jim McNicol
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Soprano: Katherine Chan, Julia Golding, Bronwyn Mitchell, Sarvenaz Monfaredi, Bonnie Pearce, Rebecca Thomas
Alto: Stephanie Eaton, Nicki Jenkins, Alisen McLeod, Emily Young
Tenor: Chris Bradley, Ross Jelf, Tim Smetham
Bass: James Fox, Robin Maurer, Jim McNicol
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