FULL WOMINJEKA SONG CYCLE (Cheetham) Melbourne 2022
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: WOMINJEKA SONG CYCLE
- Composer: Cheetham Deborah
- Libretto:
- Venue & Opera Company: Melbourne Recital Centre, MPavillion, Melbourne, Australia
- Recorded: April 12, 2022
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Aaron Wyatt, Jessica Hitchcock, Shauntai Batzke, Lillie Anderson
- Conductor:
- Orchestra: Ensemble Dutala, Orchestra Victoria, MSO and Consort of Melbourne
- Chorus: Short Black Opera, Dhungala Childrens’ Choir
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: MSO
- Date Published: 2022
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: MSO FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Set in the Melbourne Recital Centre, Deborah Cheetham’s Wominjeka Song Cycle is a rare presentation of the complete cycle of eight songs from the acclaimed composer and MSO First Nations Creative Chair.
Since 2014, Cheetham has composed and performed a welcome song at the MPavilion opening, Australia’s leading architecture commission. Each song is a musically expressive welcome to Bunjil’s River Country, composed in response to the changing architecture and design of each year’s MPavillion.
Wominjeka is the Boon Wurrung word for welcome, and through Deborah’s pieces, reflects on the country that we gather on. The performance combines the talents of musicians from Short Black Opera, Dhungala Childrens’ Choir, Ensemble Dutala, Orchestra Victoria, MSO and Consort of Melbourne with translations and cultural guidance provided by N’arweet Aunty Carolyn Briggs AM.