{"id":2849,"date":"2024-12-21T14:50:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T03:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsongcanberra.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=2849"},"modified":"2024-12-22T20:26:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T09:26:02","slug":"https-artsongcanberra-org-wordpress-page_id2849","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artsongcanberra.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=2849","title":{"rendered":"Concert 1 – Songs of Eve – 16 February 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>Season of Song Concert 1<\/b><\/p>\n

Songs of Eve<\/span><\/h1>\n

Sunday 16 February 2025 at 3pm
\nWesley Music Centre
\n20 National Circuit, Forrest
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Jane Sheldon | soprano<\/strong>
\n<\/i>Jack Symonds | piano<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Rescheduled from 2024, two formidable artistic collaborators present an expertly curated song recital that celebrates the divine in nature.<\/p>\n

Gabriel Faur\u00e9\u2019s rarely heard song cycle La Chanson d’\u00c8ve (The Song of Eve)<\/em> gradually unfolds as Eve, alone, discovers the Garden of Eden. Songs by Francis Poulenc and Pascal Dusapin complement the program in true French fashion while Jane\u2019s own vocal creations add a new and contemporary perspective.<\/p>\n

Jane will be joined\u00a0at the piano by Jack Symonds, Artistic Director of Sydney Chamber Opera and composer of the recently premiered opera Gilgamesh<\/em> premiered in Sydney to great acclaim.<\/p>\n

Music by Gabriel Faur\u00e9, Francis Poulenc, Pascal Dusapin and Jane Sheldon.<\/p>\n

\u2018Singing with crystalline accuracy, impressive agility and full-voiced power\u2026\u2019 – The Australian, January 2019 (Sydney Chamber Opera for Sydney Festival, Kaija Saariaho\u2019s La Passion de Simone<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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