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\"\"<\/a>In November 2009, what might have been \u00a0“A Night at the Museum”\u00a0\u00a0saw the Sydney premiere of the “Origin Cycle”\u00a0 at the Australian Museum. This intriguing performance by soprano Jane Sheldon and Ensemble Offspring, conducted by Roland Peelman,\u00a0is\u00a0now a contender\u00a0for the title of Performance of the Year\u00a0in the\u00a02011 APRA Arts Music Awards.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Origin Cycle\u201d \u00a0is a set of 8 songs, for soprano and chamber ensemble, commissioned by Sydney soprano Jane Sheldon and Harvard Professor of Philosophy Peter Godfrey-Smith.\u00a0The\u00a0commission and its performance\u00a0commemorated the\u00a0dual Darwinian anniversaries\u00a0that year –\u00a0\u00a0200 years since his birth and\u00a0150 years since the publication of his seminal book \u201cThe Origin of Species\u201d.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0decision to perform a brand new piece of music amongst centuries old artifacts,\u00a0affirmed the continuing evolution of\u00a0 humanity and its culture, and\u00a0that new life derives from what went before.\u00a0\u00a0The words of the \u00a0songs\u00a0as well as the titles of the movements \u00a0were drawn\u00a0from Darwin’s\u00a0tome and were set to music by\u00a08 Australian composers\u00a0–\u00a0\u00a0a \u00a0prestigious\u00a0cohort comprising Elliott Gyger, Elena Kats-Chernin, Barry Conyngham, Kate Neal, Rosalind Page, Paul Stanhope, Nicholas Vines, and Dan Walker.<\/p>\n

”\u00a0The Face of Nature”, “The Tree of Life”, and “Floreana” are just three of the movement titles which so vividly illustrate Darwin;s fascination with the\u00a0power and the beauty\u00a0of\u00a0 nature, whilst\u00a0the sounds represent the logic of evolution as well as the dissonance of clashing forces as species struggle to survive.<\/p>\n

”\u00a0The Origin Cycle” had its world premiere in the Harvard Museum of Natural History.\u00a0 Of the nomination, APRA states; “The eight compositions of varying styles and textures were complex and engaging and well arranged to create a thoughtful musical narrative, creating suggestive connections between the evolution of species and the evolution of musical styles, and between scientific and artistic ways of conceiving of the world. This performance from singer Jane Sheldon and Ensemble Offspring conducted by Roland Peelman had excellent accuracy and tonal polish”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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