Located in the UK
Located in the USA
Located in Europe
- Jocelyn Pook
Memorial (2018)
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
Unavailable for performance.
- S+Ms+ct/0110/0000/timp.Handbells/hp/str(1.0.1.1.1)macedonian vocals/bulgarian vocals/yemenite vocals/SATB
- 1 hr 10 min
Programme Note
Out of the darkness, a vast field of bodies emerges. At the centre of this universe, a woman stands as storyteller, her voice conveying the voice of a god, of the elements, of time itself, and of a thousand lives caught in visceral moments of war. All the while, a 215-strong community chorus moves as a haunting and uplifting presence across the stage, which evolves from battlefield to meadow to starlit sky.
Stripping much of the narrative from the Iliad, Oswald’s Memorial is an intense elegy for each of the 215 dead soldiers named in Homer’s epic. Her transformative text is embodied by one of Australia’s most celebrated actors, Helen Morse. Directed by Brink Productions’s Chris Drummond, with choreography by Circa’s Yaron Lifschitz and with live music by Olivier Award-winning composer Jocelyn Pook. This reflective and dynamic show stands as a requiem to all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
Stripping much of the narrative from the Iliad, Oswald’s Memorial is an intense elegy for each of the 215 dead soldiers named in Homer’s epic. Her transformative text is embodied by one of Australia’s most celebrated actors, Helen Morse. Directed by Brink Productions’s Chris Drummond, with choreography by Circa’s Yaron Lifschitz and with live music by Olivier Award-winning composer Jocelyn Pook. This reflective and dynamic show stands as a requiem to all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.