The Diggers' Requiem: playing our finest songs to those lost on the Western Front
- Written by Christopher Latham, Visiting Fellow, ANU School of Music, and Artistic Director, The Flowers of War, Australian National University
John Barker Sorrowing mother c.1916, oil on canvas
70.8 h x 90.2 w cm.National Gallery of Australia
On October 6th, The Diggers’ Requiem, the combined creative output of seven Australian composers, will have its Australian premiere. The twin to the Gallipoli Symphony (which premiered in Turkey and Queensland in 2015), the requiem tells the...
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