Paul Scott-Williams (Goulburn Regional Conservatorium), Caroline Stacey (The Street Theatre, Canberra), and your old mate – 13 November 2018
It was wonderful to zip down the Hume Highway earlier this week to see THE WEIGHT OF LIGHT pick up a 2018 Canberra Critics Circle Award.
Congratulations to all involved in our song cycle: Paul Scott-Williams at the Goulburn Regional Conservatorium, which commissioned the work; Caroline Stacey at The Street Theatre for the powerful direction and so much more; James Humberstone for the extraordinary score; and exemplary performers Michael Lampard and Alan Hicks.
Big thanks to Katy Mutton for the exquisitely evocative art work (as commissioned by The Street Theatre) that was used to market the work.
Last but by no means least, thank you to everyone who came to one of the shows – there is nothing like an audience, and an audience’s response.
Might this be the official end of this project? Hard to tell. But perhaps it might be nice to leave with the words to the last song in the cycle:
FROM HERE
From here
I mend
From here
there is a bend
in the river
From here
there will be
the sea-hawk and the shore
and the red-belly black snake
in the rocks
so stand with me
stand with me now
From here
we mend
From here
we mend
From here
we mend
together
Under the counter or a flutter in the dovecote 
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November 15, 2018 at 9:16+00:00Nov
whisperinggums
Oh, Congratulations Nigel. That’s fantastic for you all. It was a wonderful, moving “show” and deserved accolades.
November 16, 2018 at 9:16+00:00Nov
Nigel Featherstone
Thanks so much, Sue. And thanks also for supporting the project and writing about the performance you saw at The Street Theatre. So glad you found it moving – that’s all a writer ever wants, really. Big gratitude to you.
November 16, 2018 at 9:16+00:00Nov
whisperinggums
I was glad to hear it got a Sydney airing – and do hope it gets more in the future. I was at Musica Viva last night, and the Trio (from Europe) played an Australian piece. They said they didn’t think it was a Canberra premiere and how good that was because it meant pieces were being played/performed.
November 16, 2018 at 9:16+00:00Nov
Nigel Featherstone
Sounds like you saw a refreshing and fascinating concert, Sue. From my (rather limited, at this stage) experience, there seems to be in the fine music world a real desire to share and experience new music – and from different parts of the world, which is just lovely.
November 16, 2018 at 9:16+00:00Nov
whisperinggums
I’d say a mixed desire… It depends… Some are dragged kicking and screaming. I remind them that many disapproved Mozart and Beethoven’s pieces in their day! Carl Vine does great job of mixing up the programming.
November 16, 2018 at 9:16+00:00Nov
Nigel Featherstone
True, Sue. Another thing I’ve learnt from THE WEIGHT OF LIGHT is some folk don’t like scores that require messing with pianos!
November 16, 2018 at 9:16+00:00Nov
whisperinggums
Haha… How interesting, but not surpruzing I suppose.