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Australian Baroque: The Six Noongar Seasons
1 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEST

This cycle of six concertos explores the changing rhythms of Country through the music of Aaron Wyatt and poems by Gina Williams. Inspired by Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, the work traces the Noongar seasons of the southwest – Birak, Bunuru, Djeran, Makuru, Djilba and Kambarang – as heat gathers, rain arrives and the land transforms. Performed with violinist Helen Kruger, it is presented in collaboration with Williams and West Australian Opera. A national tour is planned for 2027.
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An icon of Western music meets the world’s oldest continuing living culture.
Vivaldi captured four seasons. Noongar Country holds six.
The Six Seasons is a landmark new work of six concertos by Noongar composer Aaron Wyatt and six new poems by poet Gina Williams AM, performed by Australian Baroque with violin soloist Helen Kruger, in collaboration with West Australian Opera. The work traces the Noongar seasons of the south-west — Birak, Bunuru, Djeran, Makuru, Djilba and Kambarang — as heat gathers, rain arrives, and the land transforms.
This is not Vivaldi translated. It’s a joyous meeting of cultures & traditions that creates something deeply meaningful, emotional & beautiful.
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