Richard Tognetti
Artistic Director and Lead Violin
Gondwana Voices
Lyn Williams
Gondwana Voices Artistic Director
SHOSTAKOVICH (arr TOGNETTI)
String Quartet No.15
Featuring projected images from Shaun Tan's The Arrival
YEZERSKI/TOGNETTI
The Red Tree
[2008 Barbara Blackman Commission]
Featuring projected images from Shaun Tan's The Red Tree
Music and imagery tell the thought-provoking tale of The Red Tree, inspired by the popular book of award-winning Australian author and artist Shaun Tan. In an extraordinary collaboration, this new work will be created by rising star composer Michael Yezerski with Richard Tognetti and the remarkable young singers of Gondwana Voices.
Two deeply moving works of art combine in one incredible experience when Shostakovich’s final string quartet accompanies illustrations from Shaun Tan’s The Arrival, the story of a displaced person’s journey to a new life told entirely through illustration. Book here.
The Brisbane performance of The Red Tree is presented in association with Brisbane Festival 2008.
Sydney: we recommend that you take public transport to our concerts during the World Youth Day week. Train and bus services will be more frequent during this time. For information about getting around during WYD, click here. We recommend that you allow extra time to arrive and leave from the concert.
“… the cleansed melodies of the children’s choir, sung here seraphically by Lyn William’s superb Gondwana Voices.” Sydney Morning Herald
Watch a new mini-documentary about The Red Tree featuring Richard Tognetti, here.
Listen to a podcast introduction to The Red Tree by Ken Healey, our Sydney pre-concert speaker (right-click to download).