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River Prayer is a musically wild and beautiful tour of our rivers, “the veins of our land, flowing from mountain to sea”. Questing Spirit perform Australian, Japanese and Baroque works which have a connection with nature, specifically highlighting the importance of our waterways. Central to the programme is a suite of short works by Melbourne composer Dindy Vaughan, each focused on a different river.
Questing Spirit are interested in multi-media collaborations with local artists in the towns they visit. In Adelaide (2004) they performed Dindy's suite with projections of images of Australian rivers taken by environmental photographer Neil McLoud. In Hobart (2004) they performed Rameau's Gavotte and Variations with projections of images of Mt Wellington compiled by Greg Lehman. Images were drawn from the Peter Dombrowskis collection and the archives of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and the private collection of photographer and painter, Greg Hind. Children’s drawings were provided by Charlotte, Kate (x2), Lucy and Gus from Landsdowne Crescent School.
Concert Schedule
- March 26th ~ 8.00 pm Friday St Oswald’s Anglican Church, 7 St Ann’s Place, Parkside, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Bookings: The Flute Society of South Australia, Robert Brown 08 8431 0452
- March 28th ~ 7:30 Peacock Theatre, Salamanca, HOBART, TASMANIA. Bookings: The Mountain Festival, 03-62345566
- April 27th ~ 7:30 Uniting Church Hall, cnr of Hare & Packenham streets ECHUCA, VICTORIA.
- May 3rd ~ Woodleigh School, BAXTER, VICTORIA
- May 10th ~ 2:30 MLC concert hall for International Baccalaureate Music Students
- July 31st ~ NEW YORK International Shakuhachi Festival USA
- Oct TBC ~ Beleura House, MORNINGTON
River Prayer Repertoire
Mountain Valley (San'ya) - traditional honkyoku for shakuhachi
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Gavotte and Variations (1728, arr. Norman 2001)
Written for solo harpsichord with shakuhachi accompaniment
Distant Cry (Traditional Zen duet, arr. Hagen/Norman 1998)
shakuhachi & harpsichord
Dindy Vaughan - Prayer for Restoration of our Rivers (2001-03)
Six movement suite composed for Questing Spirit (shakuhachi & harpsichord)
(i) Lacrymae
(ii) Pound Bend - Yarra River
(iii) Murray River – Pental Island, Swan Hill
(iv) Goulburn River
(v) Wimmera River - Lake Hindmarsh
(vi) Snowy River
Ros Bandt - Drifts in Sand (1977)
solo shakuhachi
Jill Lowe - Butterflies ~ Reflections over Water (2002)
composed for Questing Spirit (shakuhachi & harpsichord)
Handel - Water Music (1715)
Air & Hornpipe & the ‘Alla Hornpipe’ arranged for shakuhachi & harpsichord
Miyagi Michio - Spring Sea (1929)
originally written for koto & shakuhachi, here performed on shakuhachi & harpsichord
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