Take a whistlestop round-the-world trip with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and William Barton.
Joining the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jaime Martín, William Barton takes centre stage in Treaty by Deborah Cheetham Fraillon. Performed for the first time and composed for the Yidaki, the work evokes the depth and richness of Indigenous Australian culture.
Created by Indigenous communities in northern Australia at least 1000 years ago, the Yidaki is widely known by the anglicised term Didgeridoo. Its name varies across regions, languages and cultural knowledge.
Before reaching Australia, there’s a trip to Italy in Edward Elgar’s In the South. Written after an Italian holiday, Elgar said that he was inspired by ‘the thoughts and sensations of one beautiful afternoon’.
Then on to an art gallery, where Modest Mussorgsky acts as tour guide in Pictures at an Exhibition. Vividly orchestrated by Maurice Ravel, each movement evokes a portrait or landscape, from a clumsy gnome to the majestic Great Gates of Kyiv.
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A keepsake freesheet is available at the venue for this performance.