The winter festival will feature an immersive First Nations exhibition in an old grand ballroom, and a participatory performance by a virtuoso recorder player
to create a choral musical ritual, Consort to the Moon, in a sheltered space over four nights in the Fitzroy Gardens, as a participation piece.
Based on the 3400-year-old Hurrian Hymn no 6, the world’s oldest known notated piece of music, the performance will track the light from day to night; while countertenor Austin Hayes and soprano Deborah Kayser will be among the throng, as well as a community choir, there will be no centre stage, as vocals and percussion mimic wind, rain, and bird sounds. Everyone who attends is invited to join in with the community choir, or create their own percussive sounds.
, will transform Melbourne town hall in an arena “swallowed by screens”, while Rising’s hub Night Trade becomes the festival’s nucleus, with pop-up performances and feasts around St Paul’s Cathedral on Flinders Street. There will also be a new, super-sized ice-skating rink alongside the Birrarung Marr .
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