FEBRUARY
1 Dec 2024
NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW
Evergreen Ensemble explores the musical sound-worlds of the homelands of ancestors prior to migration to Australia. Drawing inspiration from the tips of a family tree that reach back to the eighteenth century, Evergreen Ensemble interprets wintery tunes and songs popular at that time; the sound-track to lives of forebears who were tenant farmers and labourers from the Isle of Man, Denmark’s island Fyn, Aberdeenshire in Scotland, East Prussia, sooty London and Ulster province in the north of Ireland.
Claire Patti - harp, vocals
Meredith Beardmore - flute
Jess Foot – oboe, fiddle, cor
Shane Lestideau - fiddle
Sarah Wade - recorder, concertina, smallpipes
Louise Godwin - cello
Lyrebird Concert Series, Melbourne
Sun 1st Dec 2:00-3:30pm
Wyselaskie Auditorium, 29 College Cres, Parkville
"This program is a creative musical response to the family history research achieved by my mother.
It reflects on questions like “What was important to my ancestors?”, “What information was held in their songs?”, and “What were their customs, rituals and stories that grounded their understanding of their world?”. And, how can these reflections inform how I can perceive the Australia I live in today?
This program debuted at the National Celtic Folk Festival in winter 2024. My immense gratitude to the musicians and supporters of Evergreen Ensemble for boundless musicality and appreciation of off-the-beaten-path music programming, and exploring roots and connections in our Australian context."
Sarah Wade (smallpipes, concertina, recorder)
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