Earth Emotions | A Concert for Nature | Pemberton
‘Earth Emotions’ combines a deeply moving program of music with spoken word to reveal a path from disconnection to connection with nature, instilling hope for a better future. The performance features incredible compositions performed by the Bowerbird Collective, with Simone Slattery on violin, Anthony Albrecht on cello and narration by environmental philosopher, Professor Glenn Albrecht, making a return to his home state of WA.
The program begins with the extraordinary "Annunciation" Sonata for violin by Biber from 1674, followed by sensational duos for violin and cello by Montgomery and Vasks. This is new music that goes straight to the heart. The program closes with Bach's timeless Aria from the Goldberg Variations, followed by the hauntingly beautiful Les Voix Humaines, “The Voice of Humanity” by Marin Marais. All lovers of beautiful music will enjoy this concert.
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ABOUT THE PERFORMERS:
- The Bowerbird Collective makes art for nature. Their work has received international acclaim, and their ARIA-nominated albums of threatened bird, frog and mammal calls, ‘Songs of Disappearance’, reached the top of the ARIA Album Charts ahead of Taylor Swift, Adele, ABBA and Ed Sheeran. They have appeared at WOMADelaide, the Woodford Folk Festival, the Canberra International Music Festival, and at Climate Week in NYC. Violinist Simone Slattery is a Churchill Fellow, received a PhD in Music Performance from the University of Adelaide and performs regularly with Australia’s finest ensembles. Cellist Anthony Albrecht was Australia’s first graduate of The Juilliard School’s Historical Performance program and enjoys an international performance career. He holds an MBA and a PhD in Conservation Biology. For more information visit www.bowerbirdcollective.org
- Professor Glenn A. Albrecht is an internationally renowned environmental philosopher. Via numerous publications and public talks over the last two decades, Dr Albrecht has developed the theme of the psychoterratic (psyche-earth), or negative and positive emotional states connected to the state of the Earth. New concepts developed by him are now becoming well established in the international scholarly literature, new research theses and as inspiration for many creative people in the arts. Glenn has appeared at TED talks, conferences and nature forums throughout the world. His first book, Earth Emotions, was published with Cornell University Press in 2019, followed by best-selling French and Spanish editions in 2020. Born in Western Australian, with connections to Manjimup timber worker pioneer families, Glenn is an Honorary Associate in the School of Geo-sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. His love of nature stems from the early influence of his maternal grandparents, who lived at Dean Mill. He retired as Professor of Sustainability, Murdoch University, in mid-2014. He continues to work as an environmental philosopher from his home in the Blue Mountains, NSW.
