Eumeralla: a war requiem for peace concert program

Eumeralla

a war requiem for peace 15 JUNE 2019

Artists Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with Masters students from Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and young talent from Melbourne Youth Orchestras Benjamin Northey conductor Deborah Cheetham AO soprano (Yorta Yorta) Linda Barcan mezzo-soprano Don Bemrose baritone (Gungarri) Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus Warren Trevelyan-Jones chorus master The Consort of Melbourne Dhungala Children’s Choir

Program Welcome to Country DEBORAH CHEETHAM Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace has been made possible with the help of Gunditjmara language custodian Vicki Couzens and linguist Travers Eira.

Cover and performance artwork by Gunditjmara artist Thomas Day. Running time: Approximately 90 minutes with no interval Assistive hearing: A hearing system is available from Arts Centre Melbourne ushers, providing coverage to all seats via headphones or neck-loops.

In consideration of your fellow patrons, the MSO thanks you for silencing and dimming the light on your phone.

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land on which we perform – The Kulin Nation – and would like to pay our respects to their Elders and Community both past and present.

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Welcome Welcome to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s symphonic premiere of Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace.

Eumeralla is dedicated to fostering a deeper understanding of this aspect of our nation’s history, as well as sharing the story of the Gunditjmara people, their strength and survival.

It’s written, composed and performed by Yorta Yorta soprano Deborah Cheetham AO and brings together the MSO, The Consort of Melbourne, and young talent from Dhungala Children's Choir, Melbourne Youth Orchestras, and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.

As well as further strengthening Victoria’s reputation as Australia’s cultural capital, Eumeralla is the highlight of this year’s MSO Education Week Festival.

We’re very proud to support this important production, which sees Aboriginal Australians telling their own stories.

And we’re always proud to support the MSO. I hope you enjoy the concert.

The Hon Daniel Andrews MP Premier

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Deborah Cheetham AO

composer/soprano (Yorta Yorta) Deborah Cheetham, Yorta Yorta woman, soprano, composer and educator has been a leader and pioneer in the Australian arts landscape for more than 25 years. In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours List, Cheetham was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), for “distinguished service to the performing arts as an opera singer, composer and artistic director, to the development of Indigenous artists, and to innovation in performance”.

In 2009, Deborah Cheetham established Short Black Opera as a national not-for-profit opera company devoted to the development of Indigenous singers. The following year she produced the premiere of her first opera Pecan Summer. This landmark work was Australia’s first Indigenous opera and has been a vehicle for the development of a new generation of Indigenous opera singers.

Other awards and honours include: The Honour Roll of Women in Victoria (2015); Honorary Doctorate from the University of South Australia (2018); Merlyn Myer Commission Prize (2019); Life Time Membership to the Melbourne Recital Centre; and received the 2019 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award for service to Music in Australia.

Short Black Opera Short Black Opera is Australia’s National Indigenous Opera Company, providing training and performance opportunities for Indigenous singers. Established in 2009 by Yorta Yorta soprano, composer and educator, Deborah Cheetham AO, the company has increased Indigenous representation in the world of opera by creating clearly defined pathways, developing new opera audiences by presenting Indigenous stories and making opera accessible and relevant to a broader Australian audience.

Over the past decade Short Black Opera has produced many landmark performances including five successful seasons of Deborah Cheetham’s opera Pecan Summer in Mooroopna, Victoria (2010); Melbourne (2011); Perth (2012); Adelaide (2014) and the multi award-winning Sydney Opera House production (2016). In 2018, SBO produced the on-country premiere of Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace at the Port Fairy Spring Festival. The Woven Song Series, in collaboration with Australian Embassies in Singapore, New Delhi and Tokyo, is profiling the company internationally and in 2019 Short Black Opera established Australia’s first Indigenous chamber ensemble One Day In January.

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is a leading cultural figure in the Australian arts landscape, bringing the best in orchestral music and passionate performance to a diverse audience across Victoria, the nation and around the world.

Delivered through an industry partnership with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Master of Music (Orchestral Performance) is the first and only course of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region offering elite-level training for aspiring orchestral musicians.

Each year the MSO engages with more than 5 million people through live concerts, TV, radio and online broadcasts, international tours, recordings and education programs.

Under the spirited leadership of Chief Conductor, Sir Andrew Davis, the MSO is a vital presence, both onstage and in the community, in cultivating classical music in Australia. The nation’s first professional orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has been the sound of the city of Melbourne since 1906.

The MSO regularly attracts great artists from around the globe including AnneSophie Mutter, Lang Lang, Renee Fleming and Thomas Hampson, while bringing Melbourne’s finest musicians to the world through tours to China, Europe and the United States.

At the core of this intensive two-year program is Orchestral Experience, a series of learning experiences in which students engage with the full spectrum of repertoire and performance contexts of the modern symphony orchestra, and are paired with a private instructor for direct one-to-one teaching. This is offered alongside a Performance Practicum, which enables students to gain professional orchestral performance experience with Australia’s oldest symphony orchestra through work-integrated learning experiences with the MSO. Supporting Studies in musicians’ health, audition preparation, outreach and entrepreneurship, orchestra administration, and optimal performance complement the practical components to create a unique, holistic kind of orchestral training, preparing a new generation of highly trained musicians with the experience, skills, knowledge, and insight to transition into sustainable orchestral careers.

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Melbourne Youth Orchestras

Benjamin Northey

A leader in Victorian music education since 1967, Melbourne Youth Orchestras continue to build their reputation on the solid foundation laid over five decades, recognising that their heritage and alumni are integral to future achievements.

Benjamin Northey is Chief Conductor of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and Associate Conductor of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Melbourne Youth Orchestras seek to enrich young lives through the power of music. They share their passion and expertise by bringing young people together for the joy of music. Melbourne Youth Orchestras believe that music inspires young people to reach their potential, and that a commitment to excellence is the foundation for success.

With great partnerships in place to amplify impact, Melbourne Youth Orchestras work tirelessly to ensure that no young learner is ever excluded based on disadvantage.

Melbourne Youth Orchestras know that the most effective teaching is centred on learners’ needs, and that only a love of music motivates life-long learning and participation. At Melbourne Youth Orchestras, creativity is unleashed through inspiration and exploration in a vibrant learning community.

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conductor

Northey appears regularly as guest conductor with all major Australian symphony orchestras, Opera Australia (Turandot, L’elisir d’amore, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Carmen), New Zealand Opera (Sweeney Todd) and State Opera South Australia (La sonnambula, Les contes d’Hoffmann). His international appearances include concerts with London Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg.

With a progressive and diverse approach to repertoire, he has collaborated with a broad range of artists including Maxim Vengerov and Slava Grigoryan, as well as popular artists Tim Minchin and James Morrison.

An Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, his awards include the 2010 Melbourne Prize Outstanding Musician’s Award and multiple awards for his numerous recordings with ABC Classics.

Linda Barcan

Don Bemrose

Mezzo-soprano Linda Barcan trained at the Conservatorium of Newcastle, the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

A French Government scholarship led to a two-year long engagement with the Opéra de Lyon, followed by a 10-year association with Opera Australia. Linda has an affinity for 20th and 21st century opera, with appearances in Christina’s World (Sydney Chamber Opera), Abelard and Heloise (Opera Hunter), Pecan Summer (Short Black Opera) and The Emperor of Atlantis (Lost & Found Opera).

Don Bemrose is a Gungarri baritone who made his operatic debut with Short Black Opera in 2010 creating the role of James in Deborah Cheetham’s landmark opera Pecan Summer. Don reprised this role in 2011 and was the baritone soloist for the on-country premiere of Cheetham’s Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace.

mezzo-soprano

Linda has performed in concert in Australia, France and South-East Asia, including performances with the Sinfonia de Lyon, Sydney Youth Orchestra, L’Ecole Territoriale de Musique and art song and Lieder societies around Australia.

Linda has featured on recordings for Virgin, Decca, Warner and ABC Records, and in broadcasts for ABC-TV, ABC Radio, Radio France and Radio France Outre-Mer.

baritone (Gungarri)

Don has performed with major companies and productions around the country, most notably From a Black Sky for The Street Theatre (ACT) 2013 and in the role Bob Crab for the world premiere of Cloudstreet for State Opera of South Australia. In 2012 Don made his debut with Opera Australia in the chorus of Turandot and on tour with Oz Opera in the role of Papageno in an adaptation Mozart’s The Magic Flute.

Don graduated with a Bachelor of Music Performance in 2011 from the Victorian College of Arts, University of Melbourne and has forged a career in the education of Indigenous children.

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Warren Trevelyan-Jones

For more than 50 years the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus has been the unstinting voice of the Orchestra’s choral repertoire. The MSO Chorus sings with the finest conductors including Sir Andrew Davis, Edward Gardner, Mark Wigglesworth, Bernard Labadie, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Manfred Honeck, and is committed to developing and performing new Australian and international choral repertoire.

Warren Trevelyan-Jones is the Head of Music at St James’, King Street in Sydney and is regarded as one of the leading choral conductors and choir trainers in Australia. Warren has had an extensive singing career as a soloist and ensemble singer in Europe, including nine years in the Choir of Westminster Abbey, and regular work with the Gabrieli Consort, Collegium Vocale (Ghent), the Taverner Consort, The Kings Consort, Dunedin Consort, The Sixteen and the Tallis Scholars.

Commissions include Brett Dean’s Katz und Spatz, Ross Edwards’ Mountain Chant, and Paul Stanhope’s Exile Lamentations. Recordings by the MSO Chorus have received critical acclaim.

It has performed across Brazil and at the Cultura Inglese Festival in Sao Paolo, with The Australian Ballet, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, at the AFL Grand Final and at Anzac Day commemorative ceremonies.

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MSO Chorus Master

Warren is also Director of the Parsons Affayre, Founder and Co-Director of The Consort of Melbourne and, in 2001 with Dr Michael Noone, founded the Gramophone award-winning group Ensemble Plus Ultra. Warren is also a qualified music therapist.

The Consort of Melbourne

Dhungala Children’s Choir

The Consort of Melbourne comprises a core membership of eight of the city's finest chamber singers under the artistic direction of Steven Hodgson.

Typically performing a capella with one singer per part, The Consort of Melbourne champions both historic and contemporary repertoire.

Dhungala Children’s Choir is an awardwinning ensemble for Indigenous children between the ages of 9 and 17. Established in 2009 by Yorta Yorta soprano, composer and educator Deborah Cheetham AO, Dhungala Children’s Choir has since become a strong presence in Shepparton, Geelong and throughout Victoria.

Dhungala Children’s Choir now consists of members from around Australia coming together regularly for high profile performances and the annual Dhungala Choral Connection program.

Founded by Warren Trevelyan-Jones and Peter Tregear, the Consort gave its debut performance in September 2008 as part of Musica Viva Australia’s Menage series. Since then the ensemble has presented a regular concert series and has been invited to collaborate with groups including the Rolling Stones, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Australian Youth Orchestra, Melbourne Youth Orchestra, Song Company, Ludovico’s band and La Compañia. In 2017, Consort appeared alongside British ‘space-rock’ band Spiritualized for Arts Centre Melbourne’s Supersense festival, and with drag legend Taylor Mac for A 24-decade history of popular music, the headline act for the Melbourne Festival. In 2018, Consort gave the on-country premiere of Deborah Cheetham’s Eumeralla at the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival.

Members of Dhungala Children’s Choir have formed the children’s chorus for Deborah Cheetham’s opera Pecan Summer for seasons in Mooroopna, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide and most recently at the Sydney Opera House, winning the award for Outstanding Performance by a Children’s Choir in the prestigious Broadway World Awards. Dhungala Children’s Choir has performed with A.B. Original and Paul Kelly at the ARIAS and are featured on Archie Roach’s album Let Love Rule. The choir performed in the on-country premiere of Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace in Port Fairy in 2018.

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About the Music DEBORAH CHEETHAM AO

(born 1964)

Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace The composer writes: The story behind the piece Just a little over 4 hours’ drive from Melbourne there is a battlefield haunted with the memory of war and loss of life.

When you walk on this land, you are surrounded by restless warrior spirits.

It is a powerful feeling and a fearful one.

It is inescapable.

The name Eumeralla* is unlikely to be among the theatres of war that you could name. The history of battles fought and the lives that were lost have drawn only a deafening silence in the 170 years since the last shots rang out in the country of the Gunditjmara. But the land is not silent – the voices of those who lost their lives in defence of their country ring in your ears when you stand amongst the lava flow of this part of southwest Victoria.

Unlike other theatres of war such as Anzac Cove and the Somme, where peace was declared and relationships restored with the Turks and Germans, no such peace was declared in the resistance wars; no such restoration. Whilst the Gunditjmara uphold the memory of the men, women and childen who were slain, most Australians have little knowledge of this history – and so the land remains haunted.

I first walked on this battlefield in 2013.

I felt it right away. I was moved and I was disturbed. Given the chance to camp on that land I could not sleep or find rest.

The voices of those that were lost was so loud I couldn’t stay for more than one night.

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It woke something in me and my immediate response was music.

A song, A Requiem. A War Requiem.

It would be called Eumeralla and named in recognition of one of the most brutal resistance wars fought on this continent.

It would be sung entirely in the dialects of the Gunditjmara people and it would be designed for non-Indigenous Australians to sing alongside their Indigenous brothers and sisters.

We need a way to ease the troubled spirit of the battlefields of the Eumeralla. It is my hope that this war requiem for peace will help the spirits of those who fell – those who resisted and their aggressors, to find a lasting peace and that we their descendants might find our way to a deeper understanding of the legacy of these battles. For you, for me and for all who were lost in a war Australia has yet to find a way to talk about. Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace will break the silence of so many decades and serve to amplify the importance of our nation's shared history.

One day I hope to walk on that country and feel no restless spirit – just the strength of a thousand generations of lives lived and culture sustained. * Eumeralla is one of the rivers which flow through Gunditjmara country in Southwest Victoria.

About the process of composing the piece The process of composing Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace began with the structure of the traditional Latin Requiem Mass. My original plan was to translate directly from the English translation into the Gunditjmara dialects.

Whilst the structure and intention of the traditional Mass served my purpose, the substance and spirituality needed to be taken further in order to honour seventy thousand years of ceremony and the battles fought in defence of the longest continuing culture in the world.

Ultimately the turning point in this process came as I approached a setting of the Angus Dei. Our inescapable, shared truth is that Aboriginal families, men, women and children were the ones sacrificed for the lambs…

Deborah Cheetham AO © 2019 This is the first performance of Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and its symphonic premiere.

Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace art commission by Tom Day The artworks which accompany this evening’s performance are by Gunditjmara/Yorta Yorta artist Tom Day. The series was commissioned by Short Black Opera and will accompany Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace each time a public performance is given.

The artist writes: This is a journey of inner reflection directed at the core of what it means to be Gunditjmara, a descendent of warriors, a direct descendent of the ‘Fighting Gunditjmara’.

I was raised on this country, I’ve walked this country, I know this country. The presence of the old people reveals itself to me with songs being carried in the winds and I then interpret their story, our story. Eumeralla represents power, sings of our story and is at the heart of our identity. It conveys the truth, however difficult, and tells of resilience and strength.

Tonight represents the visual telling of that truth, of that strength and of the people who endured it.

I’ve captured it through the cultural lens that our culture demands, that my spirit as a Gunditjmara man demands. My own personal journey from a young boy being told the story, to a young man walking the battlegrounds, to the man that now understands is captured here within the artworks.

This is our story.

Tom Day © 2019

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Text and translation Text by Deborah Cheetham AO Gunditjmara dialects translation by Vicki Couzens and Travers Eira

1. o pernmeeyal

1. requiem

o pernmeeyal wooka-tyeen leenan toota

o creator, give to them eternal rest

moongay wata keenanpa nganang walawa-tyeen

and let perpetual light shine upon them

leerpee–wanoo-ngoo. leerpee-yt ba yoonggama-yt

a hymn and a vow we will sing to you

makatepa wanga-kee leerpee-wanoong, yareeyaree-wanoong

today, hear our song of mourning

2. deen nganang warrakeeleek

2. dies irae

deen nganang. warrakeeleek

this day of anger

ngami ngami kooknawak. meerreeng palayn-ee

will consume the world in ashes

pang kooyeen-nganeen

no one could have told us

poongpoong-oota-eeya

what trembling there would be

deen tamboort-eeyt. wata-n woongoorateepa

the judgment came too swiftly

takoort parpanee-pa yangteeyt-oo

everything weighted in favour of loss

3. wanga-n-wanoong

3. tuba mirum

wanga-n-wanoong ngamee ngamee woonggaroong

we heard an awful sound

yanda-na keelkarteen moorookan-tyeen ngalam meen-ngeeye-ngat

scattered across the burial places of our ancestors

karta-wanoong kaleengkat moot-moot

we stood before the weapons

takoort. meerreeng parpa koolang-na

all nature was stunned (confounded)

nammereeng-oota takoortmaar

by the ugliness of mankind

pang-wang-eeyt mayapa-n-tyeen nammereeng

made ugly by ignorance

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4. kooyeen wanoong

4. liber scriptus

kooyeen-wanoong. yang–teeyt-ngeeye

we recorded our loss

leenyoong ba marnmarn kooweetpa

in name and great detail

pangyangteeyt marrangmara-n deen malayeeto-kooweetpa

the winners who wrote the history

meerreeng-moongay. tyama-wanoong ngootyoong

but when the truth is known

takoort yooloowa-na pang-yooloowamayapa

all that is hidden will appear

takoortakoort tyama-k-wanoong

nothing will remain unknown

5. tyookyong-ee

5. agnus dei

ngalam meen-ngeeye nhoomapee yoondapoora-na-yoota tyookooyong-ee

our ancestors, who were sacrificed for the lambs

moongay wata moorroop-tyeen tamboora toota

may their spirits find rest

ngalam meen-ngeeye nhoomapee yoondapoora-na-yoota tyookooyong-ee

our ancestors, who were sacrificed for the lambs

moongay wata. moorroop-tyeen tamboora leenan toota

may their spirits find eternal rest

6. tarrameek-tarrameek-kee-ngeeye

6. libera me

tarrameek-tarrameek-kee-ngeeye pang-wang-eeyt –oo. makatepa ba nhoonpee ngameengamee nganang-ee

deliver us from ignorance now and on that awful day

meerreeng moongay takoort meerreeng wang-wangga-ka

when all the world will be shaken

kaneekanee tyama-ka ngathoongan

and consciousness will be complete

poongpoong-oota ba kooneenp-ootangeeye

we are seized with fear and trembling

manamanakooweeya-wanoong kaneengootyoong pangat yana-na

we are longing for justice denied

meerreeng moongay takoort meerreeng wang-wangga-ka

when all the world will be shaken

7. laka wangoong - quid sum miser

7. laka wangoong - quid sum miser

nganya laka-wanoong

what could we say?

ngarra protekatar kooweeya-wanoong

to which protector could we appeal?

ngeetoong katyook thookay pangngootyoonayt

when even the child was not safe?

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8. deen ngootyoong meering

8. rex tremendae

deen ngootyoong meerreeng

the earth in all its beauty

mana-n parta-na koong-ngeeye

received our broken bodies

wayapa-wanoong ngalam meen-ngeeye thoombook-nganang-deepa

we joined our ancestors much too soon

9. pang ngutee-kee weng

9. recordare

pang ngutee-kee weeng

remember

ngathoonganeen nhaka pooree tharn ngooteen

that we were your destiny

yanda-n-warr-ngeeye katakee pangtyama

you cast us aside unknown

wata-n-warr wanggat-oota nyeepma

you came such a long way to ignore

karta-n-warr parpanee-yt-oota tamboorawanang-eenyee

you endured such hardship only to condemn yourselves

wata-n-warr ngootyoong-oota watan leek

with righteous vengeance you came

pangat kooweeya-n noombapee

asking no forgiveness

wamba-n-warr nganang tamborteeyt

you brought the day of reckoning

10. ngarnda wanong

10. ngarnda wanong - ingemisco

ngarnda-wanoong nhoonampee wanawoot kalng-pa kapeeyang

we groan as one made guilty

wanyoo parpanee-yt-ngooteen kalng kapeeyang

under the burden of your guilt

deen ngootyoongeeyt pangngootyoongayt

the innocent were not spared

ngakee-wanoong nhoonampee noombapee-ngooteen ngamee koonangooteen wananga-ngeeye

we saw you pardoned for your crimes against us

manamana-wanoong manakooweeya wampee-mayapa

we clung to a diminishing hope

nhoonampee pang-nhakee ngooty-ngeeye

our worth was not considered

pang weerakaleek waloong

no mercy was at hand

ngamee ngamme kooknawa-ngeeye pang-kapoo weeyn-a

consumed by an everlasting fire

yangee yangee ngameentyarr-mayapa-n woorangkeel ngathoonganeen

we were made lower than the cattle

yangee yangee ngameentyarr-mayapa-n taytmeerreeng

lower than the sheep

pang-wooka-n-warr-ngeeye meerreeng

you gave us no place

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11. tamboorawananga-n-eeye

11. confutatis

tamboorawananga-n-eeyengal ko orrookeeyt-een ba ngameeleemoo-teeyt-een

condemned by hatred and confusion

yoonggama-n-eeye peeneeyt torrowan-oo

consigned to keen flames

karnda-kee-ngeeye yakeeneeyt-eeyt-ee

call us with the blessed

12. deen nganang weerakaleeyt

12. lacrimosa

deen nganang weerakaleeyt

that day of weeping

meert-ook-warr palayn-oo

on which will rise again from the ashes

nhoonampee tamboora-ngooteen marn kalng kapeeyang

the guilty among you, to be judged

deen mayapa-ngooteen noombapeengeeye malangeepa

therefore, spare our future

noombapee-kee

be merciful

wooka-tyeen toota

give them rest

13. yakeen-aya meerreeng

13. domine jesu christe

yakeen-aya meerreeng

land of eternal dreaming

walata-kee moorroop-tyeen ngalam meen-ngeeye-ngat

cradle the souls our ancestors

manamana-kee-ngeeye karrakee-yt-ngoo kooneentamboora -kil

save us from the scars of prejudice

pang-wang-ee-tyeen-oo nhoonampee wata-n pang pang wanga-n

from the ignorance of those who came and would not listen

tarrameek-tarrameek-kee-ngeeye takang-nyoong-oo deen ngamateeyt-ngat

deliver us from the jaws of this beast

wananga ngal koorrook-eeyt ba markap-eeyt pang nganata-ngeeye

lest hatred and greed engulf us

wananga nhoonpee wamba takoort nganang maar-ngeeye-ngoo

lest all light be taken from us

wata-pa-kee-ngeeye tyamateeyt-oo

lead us towards wisdom

Yoonggamoongoo-n-ngeen ngathoonganeen ba koorrookee ba ngapoon-ngeeye

fulfill the promise made to us and to our elders

mayapa-kee wangangooytyoong

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14. pernmeeyal

14. hostias

Pernmeeyal, kaneepoorreewooka -wanoong-ngooteen mayapa karweeyn ba leerpeen

great spirit, in praise we offer you ceremony and songs

mana-kee nhoonampee-yee

accept them on behalf of those

pang-nguteeweeng-wanoong-tyeen makatepa

who we remember on this day

Pernmeeyal, nhapa-kee nhoonampee kalpeerna-kaloo-ngoo poondeeyt-oo

great spirit, guide them from death to life

Yoonggamoongoo-n-ngeen ngathoonganeen ba koorrookee ba ngapoon-ngeeye

by the promise made to us and our elders

mayapa-kee wangangooytyoong 15. paman paman

15. sanctus

paman paman, paman paman, paman paman

sacred, sacred, sacred

moorroop ngathoo-nganeen-ee

spirit within us

meerreeng ba moornong ngooyt-oota

the earth and sky are full of beauty

kaneepoorreewooka-wan Pernmeeyal

all praise to the creator

16. ngatanwarr

16. benedictus

ngatanwarr, wata-kee, ngakee tyamateeyt-ee

welcome are those who come in the pursuit of knowledge

kaneepoorreewooka-wan Pernmeeyal

all praise to the creator

17. moongay wata keenanpa

17. lux aeternum

moongay wata keenanpa nganang walawa ngalam meen-ngeey-ee

may everlasting light shine upon our ancestors

kooweekoowee-tyeen meengkeel-ee

their stories are with the stars

moongay wata ngameekooteen moorroop-tyeen tamboora leenan toota

may their troubled souls find eternal rest

moongay wata keenanpa nganang walawa ngalam meen-ngeey-ee

may everlasting light shine upon our ancestors

kooweekoowee-tyeen meengkeel-ee

their stories are with the stars

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18. kyrie

18. kyrie

noombapee-ngeeye kaleekeetoo

have mercy on our past

noombapee-ngeeye malangeepa

have mercy on our future

noombapee-ngeeye kaloo

have mercy on our present

19. o permeeyal

19. requiem

o pernmeeyal wooka-tyeen leenan toota

o creator, give to them eternal rest

moongay wata keenanpa nganang walawa-tyeen

and let perpetual light shine upon them

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Orchestra

FIRST VIOLINS

VIOLAS

FLUTES

Tair Khisambeev Emma Amery* Peter Edwards

Christopher Cartlidge

Prudence Davis Benjamin Muddyman*

Jose Quintero^ Lorraine Hook Nima Alizadeh* Sarah Curro

Nicholas Wong* Gabrielle Halloran Maria Solà#

Assistant Principal

Michael Aquilina#

Olivia DiCocco* Kirsty Bremner Lalita Wright* Michael Loftus-Hills Hina Sasuga* Nicholas Waters Lachlan Chen* SECOND VIOLINS Monica Curro

Assistant Principal Danny Gorog and Lindy Susskind#

Daniel Yao* Roger Young Katherine Avgerinou* Isy Wasserman Noah Coyne* Tiffany Cheng Jessica Leigh* Karla Hanna Vincent Wong* Maddisyn Dixon-Whitbourne* Jess Irwin*

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Michael Aquilina#

Charlotte Parker* Fiona Sargeant Olivia Spyrou* Molly Collier-O’Boyle Sebastian Coyne* Louise Turnbull* Leonora Schmidt* CELLOS Nicholas Bochner Assistant Principal Anonymous#

Lauren Jennings^ Rohan de Korte

Principal Anonymous#

PICCOLO Andrew Macleod

Principal John McKay and Lois McKay#

OBOES Jeffrey Crellin Principal

Ruby Khuu* COR ANGLAIS George Tyurin* CLARINETS Philip Arkinstall

Andrew Dudgeon#

Associate Principal

Noah Lawrence* Rebecca Proietto Rani Thuan* Zoe Knighton Molly Franzke*

BASS CLARINET

DOUBLE BASSES Steve Reeves

Thomas D’Arth^ BASSOONS Jack Schiller Principal

Christopher Haycroft^ CONTRABASSOON

Principal

Samuel Nock Vivian Qu Siyuan Timothy Farrell* Grace Elliot^ Frank Cawte* ^

Kina Lin-Wilmoth*

HORNS Carla Blackwood Ben Ye* Rachel Shaw Patrick de Koster* Corey East-Bryans* TRUMPETS Shane Hooton Associate Principal

Joel Walmsley ^ Mads Sorensen^ TROMBONES Ben Lovell-Greene Joshua Dulfer*

TIMPANI** John Arcaro

Tim and Lyn Edward#

PERCUSSION Robert Cossom Principal

Yiang Shan Sng^ Aditya Bhat* Marcus Govan* HARP Glavier Aldana* PIANO Stefan Cassomenos

BASS TROMBONE Elijah Cornish TUBA Tim Huddleston

# Position supported by * Melbourne Youth Orchestra ^ Master of Music student ** Timpani Chair position supported

by Lady Potter AC CMRI 19

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus REPETITEUR

ALTO

TENOR

Calvin Bowman

Satu Aho Ruth Anderson Catherine Bickell Cecilia BjĂśrkegren Kate Bramley Alexandra Cameron Serena Carmel Alexandra Chubaty Nicola Eveleigh Lisa Faulks Debbie Griffiths Sue Hawley Jennifer Henry Kristine Hensel Helen Hill Sara Kogan-Lazarus Rosemary McKelvie Stephanie Mitchell Sandy Nagy Alison Ralph Kate Rice Mair Roberts Maya Tanja Rodingen Kerry Roulston Lisa Savige Melvin Tan Libby Timcke Jenny Vallins Emma Warburton

Kent Borchard Steve Burnett Peter Campbell Matthew Castle John Cleghorn Keaton Cloherty James Dipnall David Floyd Simon Gaites Lyndon Horsburgh Julian Jones Jessop Maticevski Shumack Michael Mobach Jean-Francois Ravat Nathan Guan Kiat Teo

SOPRANO Philippa Allen Aviva Barazani Eva Butcher Paige Byrne Ella Dann-Limon Michele de Courcy Maureen Doris Catherine Folley Camilla Gorman Georgie Grech Emma Hamley Aurora Harmathy Juliana Hassett Penny Huggett Natasha Lambie Maggie Liang Judy Longbottom Ann Ng Caitlin Noble Karin Otto Tanja Redl Natalie Reid Beth Richardson Janelle Richardson Mhairi Riddet Elizabeth Rusli Jodi Samartgis Jillian Samuels Lydia Sherren Jemima Sim Shu Xian Elizabeth Tindall Fabienne Vandenburie Julia Wang Tara Zamin

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BASS Maurice Amor Alexandras Bartaska Richard Bolitho Ted Davies Peter Deane Andrew Ham Joseph Hie Jordan Janssen Gary Levy Douglas McQueenThomson Steven Murie Vern O’Hara Stephen Pyk Liam Straughan Matthew Toulmin Foon Wong

The Consort of Melbourne

Dhungala Children’s Choir

Kristy Biber soprano Katherine Norman soprano Leonie Thomson soprano Niki Ebacioni alto Jenny George alto Hannah Pietsch alto Spencer Chapman tenor Michael Edwards tenor Ben Owen tenor Tom Goodwin bass Steven Hodgson bass Tim Matthews Staindl bass

Deborah Cheetham AO director Toni Lalich OAM accompanist Jessica Hitchcock assistant director Tamara Kohler assistant conductor Minjaara Atkinson and Sarah Prestwidge mentors Kerry Gerraty choir coordinator Tanner Armstrong Ellie Armstrong Yilanii Atkinson Cody Barnes Tyleah Barr Sirahnn Clegg Trinity Crumpen-Winmar Jaymee Drever Djamari Hunter Kiarah Judd Piper Knox Ngara McEwen Ellie Morgan Tallara Saunders Miah Saunders Nikkera Thorpe Ethan Thorpe Sharleese Walker Lillie Walker Cory Williams-Megee Isabella Cosmano* Alannah Englezakis* Elleni Habibis* Juliet Kucherhan* Alessia Panella* Charlotte Sita* Chiara Torbet* Elly Tran* Short Black Opera welcomes members of the Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral from Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School to join Dhungala Children’s Choir on stage in a musical act of reconciliation. With thanks to the Principal of Lowther Hall, Ms Elisabeth Rhodes and the Director of Music, Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral, Mr Philip Nicholls. * Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral 21

CALENDAR

OF EVENTS

20–22 June

28 June – 1 July

3 July

Mozart’s Requiem

Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

Rachmaninov 3

4 July

13 July

18 & 20 July

Mid-Season Gala: Lang Lang

Last Night of the Proms The Rite of Spring

Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

FI NA L TI CK E T S

Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

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Gall Family Foundation, The Archie & Hilda Graham Foundation, The Gross Foundation, Ern Hartley Foundation, The A.L. Lane Foundation, Gwen & Edna Jones Foundation, Sidney Myer MSO Trust Fund, MS Newman Family Foundation, The Thomas O’Toole Foundation, The Ray & Joyce Uebergang Foundation, The Ullmer Family Foundation

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