A collaborative work by visual artist Nike Arrighi Borghese, poet Kevin Brophy and composer George Palmer, has been commissioned by the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, the Australian Catholic University and Catholic Super to mark the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy announced by Pope Francis. The Faces of Mercy, produced and directed by Michael Campbell, with […]
The Omega Ensemble have recorded Palmer’s Concerto for Two Clarinets and Chamber Orchestra, “It Takes Two”, for ABC Classics, with soloists Dimitri Ashkenazy and David Rowden. The CD, which also includes Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet and “Bush Songs” by Australian composer, Ian Munro, is available online here. The Omega Ensemble, founded by David Rowden, its Artistic […]
The Australian. May 7, 2016 Sharon Verghis Gale Edwards, cradling her beloved pooch Tosca on her lap, fixes a gimlet eye on a quartet of young singers. They stand in front of her, shifting uneasily like schoolgirls at a recital as she takes them through their parts as perky, dimwitted telephone switch girls in […]
In 2015 It was a great honour to be asked by Andrew Kaldor, Chairman of the Australian company Pelikan Art Pty. Ltd., to compose a Cello Concerto to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the distinguished Japanese corporation Shachihata Inc. and its long relationship with Pelikan Art Pty. Ltd. The concerto was inspired by the Japanese […]
Graham Strahle, The Australian, May 16, 2016 George Palmer’s opera Cloudstreet, based on the novel by Tim Winton, is a true maverick of the Australian stage. It’s one thing to make an opera from a two-decade saga about two Aussie families, the Lambs and the Pickles, who come to share their lives in the […]
By Diana Simmonds Review Posted on May 13 2016 CLOUDSTREET, State Opera SA with Adelaide Festival Centre at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide, 12-21 May 2016. The much loved Tim Winton classic novel from 1992 was first adapted for the stage by Sydney’s Company B Belvoir, then as a mini-series for cable TV and now, in […]
Reviewed Thursday 12th May 2016 The State Opera Company of South Australia is known for taking every opportunity to present new works and that is what is happening with Cloudstreet, an opera based on the iconic book by Tim Winton. The company has pulled out all the stops for this opera, which has been five […]
★★★★½ George Palmer, Gale Edwards and Timothy Sexton do justice to one of the greatest Australian stories ever written. Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide May 12, 2016 There is scarcely an Australian novel so intimately beloved and culturally revered as Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet. Its characters and narrative have become part of our consciousness and national identity, […]
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The May 2016 Edition of Limelight Magazine includes a five page article on Cloudstreet. Cloudstreet: The Opera How do you go about turning Australia’s favourite novel into an opera? George Palmer and Tim Winton shed light on an epic project.
