Choral Forests

Choral Forests

textures of nature, fabrics of voices

The Astra Choir conducted by John McCaughey

with string quintet, Linda Kent, organ,

Kim Bastin, keyboard, Michael Hewes, sound diffusion

Choral experiences of the elaborations of Nature 

and the stories of its internal spirits.

The program explores densities of collective singing among imagery of nature in Australian and Romanian compositions.

With two new Australian works:

Penelope Alexander, Woodnaggerak - human polyphony from transcription of birdsong;

Martin Friedel, fragments from the unfinished Arboreana - choir with string ensemble and field recordings (internal sounds of trees and the radio signals they emit)

with music of Tiberiu Olah, Pascal Bentoiu, Dan Dediu, Maia Ciobanu,

Livia Teodorescu, Robert Schumann, Max Reger