Williby (fka Diimpa) x Forest Collective.
In collaboration with New Music ensemble Forest Collective, Melbourne based musician and avant-composer Williby brings his unique minimalist music to new light.
Join new music doyens Forest Collective on an adventure of deep listening as they explore the unique sounds of composer Williby in the lush surrounds of the open air, weaving together the beautiful minimalist looping music of Diimpa in a rich chamber orchestra sound.
Williby’s rich sound world draws from lived experience as a queer, autistic, Aboriginal Gubbi Gubbi man and will take you on a sonic journey from darkness to light as you sit back and relax to the live recording of their concert held in the tree filled surrounds of Heide Museum of Modern Art.
About.
x Forest Collective is a live recording from Williby (fka Diimpa) and chamber ensemble Forest Collective at Heide Museum of Modern Art as part of Midsumma Festival.
World premiere February 2021, Melbourne-Naarm
Performers 1 featured artist, 15 musicians
Duration 60 minutes
Acknowledgements.
Composer Williby
Commissioned and premiered by Forest Collective
Presented by Heide Museum of Modern Art & Midsumma Festival as part of Heide Summer Festival
Supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria
Keyboard, Synthesiser, Glockenspiel Williby (featured artist)
Conductor Evan J Lawson
Flutes Kim Tan
Recorders Ryan Williams
Clarinets Ryan Lynch
Saxophones Ali Fyffe
Trombones Trea Hindley
French Horn Phoebe Smithies
Percussion Zela Papageorgiou
Drums, Percussion Jack Shiels (guest artist)
Electric Harp Samantha Ramirez
Violin Helen Bower & Isabel Hede
Viola Henry Justo
Cello Tom Sinclair
Double Bass Ian Crossfield
Past performances.
Sunday Februrary 28, 2021
Heide Museum of Modern Art, as part of Midsumma Festival
Melbourne-Naarm, Australia
