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Song Cycle Celebrating Daniel Solander 12 Feb 2022 Sydney – NEW DATE!

16/06/2021 By Camilla Jennings Leave a Comment

Song Cycle Concert Celebrating Daniel Solander

Experience the World Premiere of an exciting new Australian composition. SOLANDER, a musical celebration of the great Swedish botanist, Daniel Solander (1733-1782) who accompanied Cook on his first Pacific voyage. It will be performed by the Sydney Chamber Choir directed by Sam Allchurch. Composer Kate Reid, text and lyrics Rodney Fisher and Kate Reid, narrator John Gaden.

NEW DATE, SAME TIME & VENUE

SATURDAY 12TH FEBRUARY 2022

7.30pm-8.45pm Doors open at 6.30pm

THE GOVERNORS CENTRE,

558 CLEVELAND STREET,

MOORE PARK 2021 

BOOKING DETAILS: https://www.trybooking.com/BOWRG
As this is some months away we would like to give you the opportunity to either hold onto your tickets or receive a refund.
 
Most of you have indicated you will hold onto your tickets so there’s no need to reply unless you would like a refund.
 
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Thanks for your patience and understanding. 

 

Words from Composer Kate Reid

I was first drawn to the story of Daniel Solander, the highly acclaimed Swedish botanist and talented linguist, after many visits to Sweden, where I had the opportunity to appreciate the diversity of its people, the splendid landscape and the extreme winters – vastly different from the world that I was used to on the other side of the earth.   This song cycle is written in celebration of Solander’s important contribution to scientific discovery and the great courage and commitment it demanded from him.  

It begins with Solander’s childhood in the north of Sweden.  It opens with a gentle reference to the indigenous people of northern Sweden, the Sami, singing a lullaby. It goes on to follow him on his two-year journey to Australia on the Endeavour as an assistant to Joseph Banks in 1768.  It concludes with a farewell to Solander, where we hear the same Sami motif return in the final bars.

There are seven movements for a combination of voices, ranging from two soloists to a full SATB choir.  The only instrument is a vibraphone.  The movements are linked by a narrative spoken by John Gaden.  Rodney Fisher has provided the beautiful narrative and many of the lyrics. 

I have been moved to respond to Solander’s life story and to acknowledge, through my music, this extraordinary individual whose work, in spite of its significance and its relevance here, remains relatively unknown in Australia today.

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Har bott i Sydney sedan 2004, kom hit efter 10 år på Visit Sweden i London. Familj med 3 barn. Ordförande för SCONSW, arbetar på Swedish Australian Chamber of Commerce och har vingård med vinproduktion Milla’s Vineyard Estate i Hunter Valley.
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