Sung on the Water
Sunday 3 June 2012
All Hallows’ Chapel, Brisbane
A reflective choral journey of music which portrays water in its many forms, from rain and rivers, to tears, snow and storms
Shrouded in symbolism, water represents that which is essential for the survival of life, both physically and spiritually. It is purifying and cleansing, a source of new life, and continually fluctuating. In Biblical scripture there are literally hundreds of references to water, including its redemptive power through baptism, and as a metaphor for the word of God. Rivers can be both a means of travel and represent life’s evolving journey, but they are also geographical boundaries, historically dividing groups of people or exiling them from their homeland. And just as water can bring life, it can also render destruction and take it away through drowning, storms, floods and frost. It is not surprising that such a powerful element has inspired so much exquisite poetry and music over the centuries.
This concert was a collaboration between Fusion and the Griffith Film School, who provided stunning imagery for a number of the works performed.
All Hallows’ Chapel, Brisbane
A reflective choral journey of music which portrays water in its many forms, from rain and rivers, to tears, snow and storms
Shrouded in symbolism, water represents that which is essential for the survival of life, both physically and spiritually. It is purifying and cleansing, a source of new life, and continually fluctuating. In Biblical scripture there are literally hundreds of references to water, including its redemptive power through baptism, and as a metaphor for the word of God. Rivers can be both a means of travel and represent life’s evolving journey, but they are also geographical boundaries, historically dividing groups of people or exiling them from their homeland. And just as water can bring life, it can also render destruction and take it away through drowning, storms, floods and frost. It is not surprising that such a powerful element has inspired so much exquisite poetry and music over the centuries.
This concert was a collaboration between Fusion and the Griffith Film School, who provided stunning imagery for a number of the works performed.
- Vidi Aquam – Filipe de Magalhães
- Drop, drop, slow tears – Orlando Gibbons
- Quis dabit capiti meo aquam? – Heinrich Isaac
- Aquam quam ego dabo – Manuel Cardoso
- Super flumina Babylonis – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
- Un Soir de Neige – Francis Poulenc
- To Be Sung on the Water – Samuel Barber
- There Will Come Soft Rains – Ivo Antognini
- Wysła burzycka, bandzie desc (from Five Kurpian Songs) – Henryk Górecki
- Seed of Clear Water (from Infinity to Dwell) – Robert Kyr
- The Pool – Dan Walker
- At the River – Traditional arr. R. Wilding White
Singers
Soprano: Shannon Atkin, Katherine Chan, Lisa Mason, Bronwyn Mitchell, Sarvenaz Monfaredi, Bonnie Pierce, Rebecca Thomas
Alto: Stephanie Eaton, Celia Fitz-Walter, Nicki Jenkins, Alisen McLeod
Tenor: Chris Bradley, Tom Marshall, Tim Smetham, Angus Veitch
Bass: Jonathon Holtby, Robin Maurer, Jim McNicol
Instrumentalists
Katherine Chan, piano
Sound & Video
Vanessa J. Hill, producer & cinematographer
Michael Hansen, cinematographer
Callum Carr, cinematographer
Øivind Aspelund, sound recordist
Dave Turner, editor
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Soprano: Shannon Atkin, Katherine Chan, Lisa Mason, Bronwyn Mitchell, Sarvenaz Monfaredi, Bonnie Pierce, Rebecca Thomas
Alto: Stephanie Eaton, Celia Fitz-Walter, Nicki Jenkins, Alisen McLeod
Tenor: Chris Bradley, Tom Marshall, Tim Smetham, Angus Veitch
Bass: Jonathon Holtby, Robin Maurer, Jim McNicol
Instrumentalists
Katherine Chan, piano
Sound & Video
Vanessa J. Hill, producer & cinematographer
Michael Hansen, cinematographer
Callum Carr, cinematographer
Øivind Aspelund, sound recordist
Dave Turner, editor
View programme
