Australian Series: Sharing the Sky

“Go Ruth! Go Ginsburg! Rest forever amongst us, dearest Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” – Moya Henderson AM

“Each movement captures a section of the original painting and the artists who created it,” writes Deborah Cheetham in the program note for Song for Dulka Warngiid. “My task as a composer was to respond to capture the vitality and presence of the Kaiadilt women.”

“Contemporary Australian composers have the opportunity to learn from and be influenced by a wealth of musical styles that have passed before them. Matthew Hindson’s Rush is one such piece that, while containing a mixture of these musical characteristics, in turn displays its own style unique to the composer,” writes Michelle Kennedy.

“…Rather than shape a conflict-and-resolution musical path, ideas just start and stop in a riddle-ish or enigmatic fashion,” writes Peggy Polias of her piece, “The Moon”.

The piece Miriwa (sky in Durgha language) is about the Sky and its beauty, and its relationship to country, says Brenda Gifford.