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Australian Songbirds
Ensemble Offspring celebrate Australia's unique avian soundscape.
Sat
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Sat 13 Sep 12:15 PM
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Glennifer Hall
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General Admission
75 Mins
September
Beguiling audiences since 2019, Australian Songbirds is a long standing audience favourite within the Ensemble Offspring repertoire.
This remarkable musical experience is a vibrant celebration of Australia’s unique avian soundscape, brought to life through chamber works commissioned by Ensemble Offspring from a flock of Australian composers.
The musical guest list includes the pied butcherbird, magpies, a laughing kookaburra, a frenzied flock of rainbow lorikeets, the haunting tawny frogmouth and even a nightingale… Our bird friends have long inspired mimicry, homage and creative reflection.
Enjoy an intimate, rural setting where nature comes to you, as a trio of flute, clarinet and percussion evokes virtuosic avian displays and the weird and wonderful sounds of the Australian bush.
Presented by Lamorna Nightingale (flutes), Jason Noble (clarinets) and Claire Edwardes (percussion), this evocative program features works by First Nations composers Brenda Gifford, Nardi Simpson alongside Fiona Loader, Caitlin Yeo and more - composers who’ve woken up with ‘Nature’s first musicians’, hung out with them on their balconies and documented their songs.
With rich textures, rhythmic flair and birdcall samples, Australian Songbirds is a soaring tribute to the magic of our feathered friends.
Special Reward Ticket:
For those choosing to attend both Saturday concerts at Glennifer Hall, please enjoy a special reward ticket at a reduced price.
Choose the combined Reward ticket below.
A courtesy bus from Bellingen will run for the Saturday events at Gleniffer, generously donated by "The Community Transport Co."
If you need this service please purchase a Free Bus ticket below.
Pick up point is the 'Map' bus stop in Church St. at 11:30am and returning following the Bard and Bows performance.
The Ensemble Offspring players for this concert will be:
Claire Edwardes
Lamorna Nightingale
Jason Noble
Program
Fiona Loader – Lorikeet Corroboree (flute, clarinet & vibraphone) 5'
Hollis Taylor and Jon Rose - Araluen/Wintersun (clarinet & vibraphone + backing track) 5'
Brenda Gifford – Mungala (flute & hand percussion) 5'
Nardi Simpson – Of Stars and Birds (flute, clarinet & vibraphone) 4'
Robert Davidson - Bird Riffs (trio + backing tracks) 11'30
Caitlin Yeo - A Tawny Tale (trio) 6'
Gerard Brophy – Beautiful Birds (flute, bass clarinet and vibraphone) 10'
“Ensemble Offspring “capture the calls and songs of Australia’s birds and create something new: familiar, yes, but unique and engaging and exciting too”
— Australian Arts Review
“Ensemble Offspring “joined the contrapuntal web, matching the avian virtuosity with their own”
— The Sydney Morning Herald
This remarkable musical experience is a vibrant celebration of Australia’s unique avian soundscape, brought to life through chamber works commissioned by Ensemble Offspring from a flock of Australian composers.
The musical guest list includes the pied butcherbird, magpies, a laughing kookaburra, a frenzied flock of rainbow lorikeets, the haunting tawny frogmouth and even a nightingale… Our bird friends have long inspired mimicry, homage and creative reflection.
Enjoy an intimate, rural setting where nature comes to you, as a trio of flute, clarinet and percussion evokes virtuosic avian displays and the weird and wonderful sounds of the Australian bush.
Presented by Lamorna Nightingale (flutes), Jason Noble (clarinets) and Claire Edwardes (percussion), this evocative program features works by First Nations composers Brenda Gifford, Nardi Simpson alongside Fiona Loader, Caitlin Yeo and more - composers who’ve woken up with ‘Nature’s first musicians’, hung out with them on their balconies and documented their songs.
With rich textures, rhythmic flair and birdcall samples, Australian Songbirds is a soaring tribute to the magic of our feathered friends.
Special Reward Ticket:
For those choosing to attend both Saturday concerts at Glennifer Hall, please enjoy a special reward ticket at a reduced price.
Choose the combined Reward ticket below.
A courtesy bus from Bellingen will run for the Saturday events at Gleniffer, generously donated by "The Community Transport Co."
If you need this service please purchase a Free Bus ticket below.
Pick up point is the 'Map' bus stop in Church St. at 11:30am and returning following the Bard and Bows performance.
The Ensemble Offspring players for this concert will be:
Claire Edwardes
Lamorna Nightingale
Jason Noble
Program
Fiona Loader – Lorikeet Corroboree (flute, clarinet & vibraphone) 5'
Hollis Taylor and Jon Rose - Araluen/Wintersun (clarinet & vibraphone + backing track) 5'
Brenda Gifford – Mungala (flute & hand percussion) 5'
Nardi Simpson – Of Stars and Birds (flute, clarinet & vibraphone) 4'
Robert Davidson - Bird Riffs (trio + backing tracks) 11'30
Caitlin Yeo - A Tawny Tale (trio) 6'
Gerard Brophy – Beautiful Birds (flute, bass clarinet and vibraphone) 10'
“Ensemble Offspring “capture the calls and songs of Australia’s birds and create something new: familiar, yes, but unique and engaging and exciting too”
— Australian Arts Review
“Ensemble Offspring “joined the contrapuntal web, matching the avian virtuosity with their own”
— The Sydney Morning Herald
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