RUTHLESS JABIRU & ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING: BLACK ICE

Known now as BLACK SUMMER, the Australian wildfires of 2019–20 scorched an area three quarters the size of the UK. Lives, livelihoods, ecosystems, built structures, physical and mental welfare, entire species of fauna and flora were all decimated. But in the aftermath of untold destruction, there was a glimmer of hope: a re/turning to First Nations leadership on land management through cultural burning.

Join RUTHLESS JABIRU and ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING, together for the first time, for an imagined foray into the sound and emotional landscape of bushfire—told through the music of our composer contemporaries.

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PROGRAMME

Robert Davidson Kookaburra Riff [European premiere]
Brenda Gifford Bardju [European premiere]
Nardi Simpson Of Stars and Birds
Brenda Gifford Biwaawa [European premiere]
Holly Harrison Black Ice [European premiere]
Robert Davidson Raven Riff [European premiere]
Arlene Sierra Excerpts from Birds & Insects
Gerard Brophy Hummingbirds from Beautiful Birds [European premiere]
Florence Maunders (Still) Not Getting Out [World premiere]
Thierry Pécou Rorqual

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ARTISTS

Ensemble Offspring

Ruthless Jabiru

Kelly Lovelady conductor

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ruthless-jabiru-ensemble-offspring-black-ice-tickets-1984757657582?aff=oddtdtcreator