2010 Subscription season – Gethsemane
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COINCIDING with the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, the Queensland Conservatorium mounted an ambitious, robust program to celebrate and probe the complex musical relationships between Australia and China.
Much more significant than a traditional music conference, the themes were explored through discussion and performance.
Contributors included composers Gao Ping and John Huie, sheng player Wang Zheng-Ting and percussionist Vanessa Tomlinson.
Workshops scrutinised Sichuan music, the spiritual music of Buddhism and Taoism and kunqu, or traditional Chinese opera. Concerts featured the local Sunshine Philharmonic Choir and a dazzling pipa virtuoso from Beijing.
There were film screenings of Lulu’s Opera House, a photography exhibition and discussions about the impact of Chinese theatre and opera during the gold rush years.
Impressively, …
