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Katie Noonan Katie Noonan i(A84350 works by)
Born: Established: 1977 Brisbane, Queensland, ;
Gender: Female
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1 Summer David Malouf , Katie Noonan (composer), 2023 single work lyric/song
— Appears in: Tumbling Like Stars 2023;
1 A Song of Hope Katie Noonan (composer), Australian String Quartet (composer), 2019 single work lyric/song
— Appears in: The Glad Tomorrow 2019;
1 The Surfer Judith Wright , Katie Noonan (composer), 2016 single work lyric/song
— Appears in: With Love and Fury 2016;
2 6 With Love and Fury Judith Wright , Katie Noonan , Brodsky Quartet , 2016 selected work lyric/song

With Love and Fury is a series of musical settings to ten poems by Judith Wright. The sequence was conceived as both an album and a touring concert.

'The musical settings enhance the turmoil of conflict and destruction that bursts out of Wright’s words. The song cycle is dark and intense. The narrative alludes to a profound concern for the environment and our relationship with the land and its people – issues that Judith Wright felt strongly about during her life as a conservationist and an Aboriginal rights activist' (Daniela Kaleva. Australian Stage 3 May 2016).

The poems that comprise Love and Fury (in album order) are:

NB: The composer is indicated in brackets
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