Thirteen Ways to Look at Birds

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Event Thirteen Ways to Look at Birds
Venue Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, SA
Umbrella Event Adelaide Festival of Arts 2019
First Date 1 March 2019
Last Date 2 March 2019
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description In a new song cycle commissioned by the 2019 Adelaide Festival
from an idea by Anna Goldsworthy, Australian music legend Paul
Kelly and leading Australian composer James Ledger have written thirteen new songs and soundscapes inspired by birds. Using the words of John Keats, Thomas Hardy, Emily Dickinson, Judith Wright, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Gwen Harwood, A.D. Hope and others, each poem is its own world - delicate and intimate at times, colossal and soaring at others, with all states in between.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Music
Secondary Genre Music
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
Paul Kelly Composer
James Ledger Composer
Tim Nankervis Musician: Cellist Seraphim Trio
Anna Goldsworthy Musician: Pianist Seraphim Trio
Helen Ayres Musician: Violinist Seraphim Trio
Alice Keath Performer
Paul Kelly Performer
James Ledger Performer
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Adelaide Festival Guide
Event Identifier 160910
Dataset AusStage