Chapter 11 Music at the Clancy: "Dream Track"
Chapter 11
Music: Sculthorpe at the Clancy
1. Dream Tracks by Peter Sculthorpe
After a turbulent and disruptive 2020, the Australian Ensemble 2021 season opened as planned at the Clancy Auditorium on Saturday 10th April. My friend Janet booked me a front row seat (which I would refused to take had it been for lectures), a perfect spot to immerse myself in the Dreaming, amidst the soothing sounds of the piano, violin and clarinet. This piece of music is meditative, and phenomenology came to mind; I closed my eyes, transcended the auditorium and situated myself in the sweeping beauty of Arnhem Land. I was in the good company of many ancient spirits, singing the charming indigenous melody of "whistling duck on a billabong." The following is a long interview with Sculthorpe, but you can fast forward to 13:05 just for the music. It is only 15 minutes long.
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Bruce Pascoe in TED Talk – indigenous history
River in the Kakadu – a light-hearted moment
