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'Jandamarra assembles storytellers, Indigenous singers and dancers, the acclaimed Gondwana choirs, young singers from all over Sydney… and a symphony orchestra!
'Jandamarra - warrior and leader - lived at a time when white pastoralists were laying claim to Bunuba country in the Kimberley, a time of violence and upheaval. He was only in his mid-20s when he was gunned down, but in his short life he created a legacy that has never been forgotten.
'In collaboration with the Bunuba people, who own the story, we'll transform the Concert Hall to play out the drama of this tragic hero poised between two worlds. Sing for the Country (Ngalanybarra Muwayi).
Violence and upheaval also form the background for Vaughan Williams' Oboe Concerto. The music has a wistful pastoral character - everything you'd expect of the composer of The Lark Ascending - but it was born under the roar of German air raids.'
Notes
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This work is dedicated to three much loved elders: Adam Andrews, the creator of the Yilimbirri Junba; Hazel Hawke, a patron of the SSO and mother of librettist Steve Hawke; and Molly Jalakbiya, the creator of the Dirrari Lament
Production Details
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World premiere at the Sydney Opera House July 2014
HOLST A Fugal Overture
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Oboe Concerto
*STANHOPE & HAWKE Jandamarra - Sing for the Country [P]
[P] Premiere
Artists
Brett Weymark conductor
Diana Doherty oboe
Simon Lobelson baritone
Singers and Dancers of the Yilimbirri Ensemble
Gondwana Chorale
Sydney Children's Choir
Gondwana National Indigenous Children's Choir
Gondwana Combined Schools Choir
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Ambitious Tribute to a Hero's Fight
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 18 July 2014; (p. 14)
— Review of Jandamarra : Sing for Country 2014 single work musical theatre -
Triumph of Cultural Collaboration
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 July` 2014; (p. 20)
— Review of Jandamarra : Sing for Country 2014 single work musical theatre -
Song of the Desert
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 July 2014; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Jandamarra : Sing for Country 2014 single work musical theatre
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Song of the Desert
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 July 2014; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Jandamarra : Sing for Country 2014 single work musical theatre -
Triumph of Cultural Collaboration
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 July` 2014; (p. 20)
— Review of Jandamarra : Sing for Country 2014 single work musical theatre -
Ambitious Tribute to a Hero's Fight
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 18 July 2014; (p. 14)
— Review of Jandamarra : Sing for Country 2014 single work musical theatre