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Pictures at an ExHERbition
May
28

Pictures at an ExHERbition

“Dusty monuments, faded masterpieces, gentlemen geniuses…”

But where are the women?! Sally Whitwell’s song cycle Pictures at an exHERbition is a creative redress, a rebalancing of the history books. Starting its life as the composer’s lockdown project, Pictures at an exHERbition is a survey in ekphrastic song of the depth and breadth of work by Australian women artists, from Grace Cossington-Smith and Thea Proctor through to Katy B Plummer.

Presented in partnership with the National Gallery of Australia, this performance features the world premiere of several newly commissioned songs in the Pictures at an exHERbition cycle. Performed by Luminescence Chamber Singers and Luminescence Children’s Choir with the composer herself at the piano.”

Pictures at an exHERbition is presented in partnership with the National Gallery of Australia, and supported by the Capital Arts Patrons Organisation.

ARTISTS
Sally Whitwell, piano
Luminescence Children’s Choir
Luminescence Chamber Singers

AJ America, mezzo soprano
Veronica Milroy, soprano
Rachel Mink, soprano
Dan Walker, tenor
Alasdair Stretch, bass

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Of the Body
Apr
5

Of the Body

  • 14/2 Circular Quay East Sydney, NSW, 2000 Australia (map)
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From Andreas Vesalius’ groundbreaking De Fabrica Humani Corporis’ to the drawings of Da Vinci and Dürer, the 16th century heralded a new fascination with the human figure.  Human dissection transformed our understanding of anatomy, and the body became the subject of scientific and artistic fixation.

Of The Body marries a major new song cycle by Dan Walker with some of the most rabelaisian examples of Renaissance repertoire. Drawing on Buxtehude’s masterpiece, ‘Membra Jesu Nostri’, Walker’s Of the Body comprises six movements, each devoted to an anatomical part: the eyes, the hands, the mouth, the feet, the blood, and finally, the heart. A musical dissection of sorts, Of the Body traverses sex, sensuality, the senses and more, exploring what it means to be embodied in a digital age, our relationship to our corporeal form; our flesh and blood.

Artists                       Luminescence Chamber Singers
                                                     AJ America, mezzo soprano
                                                     Dan Walker, tenor/composer
                                                     Veronica Milroy, soprano
                                                     Rachel Mink, soprano
                                                     Lucien Fischer, baritone
                                                     Alasdair Stretch, bass

                                     Roland Peelman AM, conductor

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Of the Body
Apr
2

Of the Body

  • 46 Burelli Street Wollongong, NSW, 2500 Australia (map)
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From Andreas Vesalius’ groundbreaking De Fabrica Humani Corporis’ to the drawings of Da Vinci and Dürer, the 16th century heralded a new fascination with the human figure.  Human dissection transformed our understanding of anatomy, and the body became the subject of scientific and artistic fixation.

Of The Body marries a major new song cycle by Dan Walker with some of the most rabelaisian examples of Renaissance repertoire. Drawing on Buxtehude’s masterpiece, ‘Membra Jesu Nostri’, Walker’s Of the Body comprises six movements, each devoted to an anatomical part: the eyes, the hands, the mouth, the feet, the blood, and finally, the heart. A musical dissection of sorts, Of the Body traverses sex, sensuality, the senses and more, exploring what it means to be embodied in a digital age, our relationship to our corporeal form; our flesh and blood.

Artists                       Luminescence Chamber Singers
                                                     AJ America, mezzo soprano
                                                     Dan Walker, tenor/composer
                                                     Veronica Milroy, soprano
                                                     Rachel Mink, soprano
                                                     Lucien Fischer, baritone
                                                    Alasdair Stretch, bass

                                     Roland Peelman AM, conductor

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Of the Body
Mar
31

Of the Body

  • 9-15 Cowper Street Ainslie, ACT, 2602 Australia (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

From Andreas Vesalius’ groundbreaking De Fabrica Humani Corporis’ to the drawings of Da Vinci and Dürer, the 16th century heralded a new fascination with the human figure.  Human dissection transformed our understanding of anatomy, and the body became the subject of scientific and artistic fixation.

Of The Body marries a major new song cycle by Dan Walker with some of the most rabelaisian examples of Renaissance repertoire. Drawing on Buxtehude’s masterpiece, ‘Membra Jesu Nostri’, Walker’s Of the Body comprises six movements, each devoted to an anatomical part: the eyes, the hands, the mouth, the feet, the blood, and finally, the heart. A musical dissection of sorts, Of the Body traverses sex, sensuality, the senses and more, exploring what it means to be embodied in a digital age, our relationship to our corporeal form; our flesh and blood.

ARTISTS                     Luminescence Chamber Singers
                                                     AJ America, mezzo soprano
                                                     Dan Walker, tenor/composer
                                                     Veronica Milroy, soprano
                                                     Rachel Mink, soprano
                                                     Lucien Fischer, baritone
                                                     Alasdair Stretch, bass

                                     Roland Peelman AM, conductor

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Of the Body
Mar
30

Of the Body

From Andreas Vesalius’ groundbreaking De Fabrica Humani Corporis’ to the drawings of Da Vinci and Dürer, the 16th century heralded a new fascination with the human figure.  Human dissection transformed our understanding of anatomy, and the body became the subject of scientific and artistic fixation.

Of The Body marries a major new song cycle by Dan Walker with some of the most rabelaisian examples of Renaissance repertoire. Drawing on Buxtehude’s masterpiece, ‘Membra Jesu Nostri’, Walker’s Of the Body comprises six movements, each devoted to an anatomical part: the eyes, the hands, the mouth, the feet, the blood, and finally, the heart. A musical dissection of sorts, Of the Body traverses sex, sensuality, the senses and more, exploring what it means to be embodied in a digital age, our relationship to our corporeal form; our flesh and blood.

 

Artists                   Luminescence Chamber Singers
                                                     AJ America, mezzo soprano
                                                     Dan Walker, tenor/composer
                                                     Veronica Milroy, soprano
                                                     Rachel Mink, soprano
                                                     Alasdair Stretch, bass
                                                     Lucien Fischer, baritone

                                    Roland Peelman AM, conductor

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