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Postcards : (song cycle) for mezzo-soprano, guitar and piano / music by Connor D'Netto ; words by Aunty Delmae Barton, Megan Steller, Mathew Klotz, Han Reardon-Smith and Kezia Yap.
Library shelf no. 783.67542/DNE 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
I've been trying to work out what 'home' means to me for a while now. In some earlier works of mine, "Glenro" and "Memories of Different Homes", I'd been reflecting on various moments of homesickness-one through a particularly bitter London winter, and the other when having to move back with my family in suburban Magandjin/Brisbane due to the global events of early 2020…
As best as I can describe in words: Home is warm, lived in, a little worn in a pleasant way; It's a thick heavy doona; It's my monstera sprouting a new leaf; It's the collection of oddly-shaped handmade ceramics that sit in various spots around the house, each collecting paperclips, pens, keys, dried flowers, boxes of matches; It's a kitchen full jars of things pickling and fermenting, a pantry with every spice imaginable, a stick of butter at room temperature ready to greet a slice of bread, a fruit/veg bowl overflowing with whatever looked nice at the grocer; It's a spot in the sun to sit with a tea (or a wine) for a few minutes or an hour.
Postcards is an exploration of five others' complex and varied relationships to home, setting texts by five artists each with different connections to Australia as their home, each invited to simply to reflect on what 'home' means to them.
Work Details
Year: 2024
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano voice, guitar, piano.
Duration: 30 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: I. Earth Mother - My Spirit -- II. a non-exhaustive list of places to cry in London -- III. girl by gossiping street -- IV. my body as home (a history) -- V. a collection of places.
Commission note: Commissioned by Australian Music Centre for performance by Momentum Commissions with funds provided by Hendrik Prins.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Music Australia and Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.
This project has been supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
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