Where Song Began | Nature Festival SA 2024EXPIRED

published: 23 Sep 2024, 3 min read, 'EVENT EXPIRED'

when: 05 October 2024 | venue: Where Song Began | Nature Festival SA | cost: 30 | address: 119 Williams Road,
The Bowerbird Collective, comprising Anthony Albrecht, cello, and Simone Slattery, violin, present their cinematic concert experience, Where Song Began. Performed more than 100 times in sold out halls across Australia and internationally, Where Song Began is a celebration of songbirds, inspired by Tim Low's book of the same name. Described as "spectacular" by Limelight Magazine in a 5-star review, the 50-minute program includes music spanning 300 years, enhanced by a film of evocative visual projections and an immersive soundscape.

"A delicate and beautiful fusion"
"Like being sung to by the country"

Program:
Arvo Pärt - Fratres for solo violin, 1977
Sarah Hopkins - Reclaiming the Spirit, 1993
Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending, 1917
Chris Williams - bird, songs, seas, 2017
Ross Edwards - Ecstatic Dance No.2, 1990
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer - Cucu Sonata, 1664
J.S. Bach - Prelude from Cello Suite No.1, c.1720
David Lang - Anthochaera carunculata (Red Wattle Bird), New Commission, 2017
Ngarra Burra Ferra - Traditional Indigenous hymn

One hour without interval, with a Q&A.

About the performers:

The Bowerbird Collective makes art for nature. Their work has received international acclaim. Violinist Simone Slattery was a 2019 Churchill Fellow, received a PhD in Music Performance from the University of Adelaide and performs regularly with Australia's finest ensembles. Cellist Anthony Albrecht was Australia's first graduate of The Juilliard School's Historical Performance program.
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Event Details

what: Where Song Began | Nature Festival SA 2024
when: 05 October 2024
opening hours: 15:00:00 - 16:00:00
venue: Where Song Began | Nature Festival SA
city/suburb: Mount Barker Summit
address: 119 Williams Road,

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