A Brief History of Time: Chamber Landscapes
Series curated by Genevieve Lacey
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To be human is to make music.
Australian Indigenous people have the oldest living tradition on the planet. They have been singing for millennia, their music passing through thousands of generations of ears, hands, and hearts.
In Western classical music, we speak of ‘early’ music; music from the Middle Ages to the Englightenment. The ‘A Brief History of Time: Chamber Landscapes’ series sets Western early music, up to a millennium old, within the time-expanding universe of Indigenous music making, and finds a place for us to meet in contemporary Australia.
The musicians for ‘A Brief History of Time’ come from different cultures, generations and genres. They are distinguished not only by their extraordinary skills, but also by their generosity and courage as artists. We invite you to join a cast assembled from Arnhem Land, Scandinavia, Italy, UK and across Australia.
See Credits below for complete artist listing. For the audio version of this event page, click here.
You can also see Genevieve Lacey speak in the Festival Forums on Tuesday 12 March at 12:30pm.
Fri 8 Mar
7.30pm The Expanding Universe
Sat 9 Mar
10.15am Artist Conversation: A Brief History of ‘A Brief History of Time’
11.30am Arrows of Time
1pm Lunch (not included in Day Pass)
2.30pm Aquilonis
4.15pm Artist Conversation: 60,000 Years of Recreation and Ritual
5.30pm Stories for Ocean Shells
7pm Dinner, bookings essential (not included in Day Pass)
Sun 10 Mar
10.15am Artist Conversation: Making Things Up, Writing Things Down: Improvising the Canon
11.30am New Ancient Songs
1pm Lunch (not included in Day Pass)
2.30pm Remembrance of Times Past
4.15pm Artist Conversation: Curating the Past, Composing the Future
5.15pm Rímur
7pm Dinner, bookings essential (not included in Day Pass)
7:15pm Sunset: A Guided Experience (not included in Day Pass)
Mon 11 Mar
11.30am Enlightenment
1pm Lunch (not included in Day Pass)
2.30pm Orpheus with his Lute
4.30pm Artist Conversation: Genre Benders
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