Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

Evocative and profound Australian music that explores individual stories and our connection to place, featuring ARIA Award-nominated artists didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton and captivating violinist Véronique Serret. Camerata will intertwine works from esteemed Australian composers Margaret Sutherland, Frederick Septimus Kelly, Brenda Gifford, Cameron Patrick, and William Barton and Véronique Serret, in an expressive and heartfelt performance for chamber orchestra. These evocative works conjure vivid Australian soundscapes and the universal stories and experiences that we tie to our homeland. From the sorrowful melodies in Kelly’s Elegy in Memoriam Rupert Brook, the syncopated, step-like rhythms of Gifford’s Bardju (Footprints) to the colourful yet brooding Lines of the Southern Cross (Patrick), this performance explores the full breadth of emotion. Featuring special guests William Barton, leading Australian didgeridoo virtuoso and composer, and the dynamic and versatile violinist, Véronique Serret, for their work Bushfire Requiem in a brand-new version for chamber orchestra, this will be an exciting all-Australian music program that celebrates our talent, stories, and unique experiences.

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on 0738 463 613 or by email to camerata@camerata.net.au

Featured Australian Works

	Bardju (Footprints) (string orchestra with percussion soloist) (2021) by Brenda Gifford — performed by Camerata - Queensland's Chamber Orchestra
	Bushfire Requiem (chamber orchestra with solo instrument(s)) by Veronique Serret and William Barton — performed by William Barton, Camerata - Queensland's Chamber Orchestra and Veronique Serret
	Concerto for strings : string orchestra (1953) by Margaret Sutherland — performed by Camerata - Queensland's Chamber Orchestra
	Elegy for string orchestra : in memoriam Rupert Brooke (1915) by Frederick Septimus Kelly — performed by Camerata - Queensland's Chamber Orchestra
	Lines of the Southern Cross by Cameron Patrick

Featured artists

• Music of Cameron Patrick
• Performer Camerata - Queensland's Chamber Orchestra
• Performer William Barton
• Performer Veronique Serret