| Subject: AU: From dark to daggy, with
everything in between
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The Australian
THE ARTS
From dark to daggy, with everything in between Lee Christofis April 05,
2005
The audience erupted into noisy accolades after the premiere of Martin
Wesley-Smith's A luta continua (The Struggle Continues) and a performance
of Peter Sculthorpe's Requiem (2004). Peter Wesley-Smith, Martin's
brother, wrote the libretto of A luta continua, a lament for the many
thousands who died in East Timor's struggle for independence, based on
future president Xanana Gusmao's defence in the Indonesian courts after
his capture in 1992. Sung soberly by bass Andrew Collis and the Ogilvie
High School Concert Choir of girls, it incorporated charming Timorese folk
songs and dances. Despite its seriousness, it's a lively work that seems
to want to go in many directions, as if nothing of its sorrows and
dazzling blocks of syncopated sound could settle for long. It was,
perhaps, too earnest at this premiere, but the audience welcomed its
intentions and emotional scope.
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