Across decades of performances and teaching, including engagements in Argentina, Austria, Ireland, Japan and Sweden and a decade spent in Germany, Sally Walker’s experiences of the profound power of music have inspired her to pursue a range of philanthropic activities.
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“My grandparents lived with permits and curfews for decades under the tyranny of the Aboriginal Protection Board…I wrote an opera about it, but it was not until I experienced a taste of the deprivation they lived with that I truly understood. All I can do is respond in music.” – Deborah Cheetham AO, composer
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Kate Moore is an internationally acclaimed composer. Her works are performed by among others Asko|Schönberg, Bang on a Can, Icebreker, Slagwerk Den Haag, Ensemble Offspring, The Australian String Quartet and The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Groot Omroepkoor.
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The Quintet is suffused with what Edward Said, discussing late style in general, described as a ‘mature subjectivity, stripped of hubris and pomposity, unashamed either of its fallibility or of the modest assurance it has gained as a result of age,’ writes Gordon Kerry.
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“Dvořák’s Eight Waltzes, Op. 54…are wonderfully original, and range in mood from the wistful to the boisterous,” writes Phillip Sametz.
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“Music is the conduit through which I live my life. It’s the way I view my challenges, my successes.” Meet CSO Concertmaster, Kirsten Williams, who will direct the upcoming Classic Afternoon: The Elements, presented by Canberra Weekly.
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PARTNER FEATURE / Love belting out a tune? Whether you’re a seasoned performer, or your only audience to date has been your shower walls or an empty car, a community choir could be for you.
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“The Vietnam War is one of the most complex chapters in our nation’s history, deeply traumatic and divisive,” writes Chris Latham, Director of The Flowers of War, ahead of the premiere of the Vietnam Requiem, a major commemorative work honouring the stories and sacrifices of many impacted by the war.
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“…a characteristic and delightful combination of what are now familiar conventions of form with quirky surprises, musical experiments and dramatic gestures. It seems there was nothing Haydn liked better than to play with his listeners’ expectations,” writes Yvonne Frindle.
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Inspired by a poem by George Meredith, “The Lark Ascending” is one of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ most beloved works.