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With Love and Fury is a series of musical settings to ten poems by Judith Wright. The sequence was conceived as both an album and a touring concert.
'The musical settings enhance the turmoil of conflict and destruction that bursts out of Wright’s words. The song cycle is dark and intense. The narrative alludes to a profound concern for the environment and our relationship with the land and its people – issues that Judith Wright felt strongly about during her life as a conservationist and an Aboriginal rights activist' (Daniela Kaleva. Australian Stage 3 May 2016).
The poems that comprise Love and Fury (in album order) are:
- 1. 'Late Spring' (Elena Kats-Chernin)
- 2. 'To a Child' (David Hirschfelder)
- 3. 'Sonnet for Christmas' (Paul Dean)
- 4. 'After the Visitors' (Andrew Ford)
- 5. 'The Surfer' (Katie Noonan)
- 6. 'Night after Bushfire' (Iain Grandage)
- 7. 'The Company of Lovers' (Paul Grabowsky)
- 8. 'Failure of Communication' (John Rodgers)
- 9. 'The Slope' (Carl Vine)
- 10. 'Metho Drinker' (Richard Tognetti)
NB: The composer is indicated in brackets
Notes
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The title With Love and Fury is named after the manner in which Wright habitually signed off her letters.
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The project had its origins in 2013 when Noonan found herself in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, at the Judith Wright Centre: 'I realised with great embarrassment that I didn’t actually know who Wright was. So I went inside, found an anthology of her poetry and read it cover to cover. Her work just blew me away.' With financial blessing from the Australia Council, Noonan set about cherrypicking the project’s composers. Her brief was simple: choose a poem by Wright and go for it' (Wikipedia).
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The album was recorded in London.
Production Details
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Katie Noonan and the Brodsky Quartet toured the album around Australia from 28th of April until 5th of May 2016.
- The Judith Wright poems/songs were presented during the first half of each concert.
- The second half comprised performances of music and songs from a diverse array of composers and songwriters, including Peter Sculthorpe, Andrew Ford, Robert Davidson, Sting, Bjork, and Elvis Costello.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
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:Kin Music Australia
, 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- The Surfer, Katie Noonan (composer), single work lyric/song
- Metho Drinker, Richard Tognetti (composer), single work lyric/song
- Night After Bushfire, Iain Grandage (composer), single work lyric/song
- The Slope, Carl Vine (composer), single work lyric/song
- To a Child, David Hirschfelder (composer), single work lyric/song
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Failure of Communication,
John Rodgers
(composer),
single work
lyric/song
A musical setting to a short poem by Judth Wright, in which she explores the irony of closeness where however close our touch or intimate our speech, silences, spaces reach most deep, and will not close.'
- Late Spring, Elena Kats-Chernin (composer), single work lyric/song
- Sonnet for Christmas, Paul Dean (composer), single work lyric/song
- After the Visitors, Andrew Ford (composer), single work lyric/song
- The Company of Lovers, Paul Grabowsky (composer), single work lyric/song
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Tribute to a Great Oz Poet
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend West , 7-8 May 2016; (p. 95)
— Review of With Love and Fury 2016 selected work lyric/song -
Brodsky Quartet and Katie Noonan
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 May 2016; (p. 14)
— Review of With Love and Fury 2016 selected work lyric/song -
Noonan Excels in Concept Executed Well-nigh Faultlessly
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 2 May 2016; (p. 15)
— Review of With Love and Fury 2016 selected work lyric/song -
On the Wright Track
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 April 2016; (p. 29) -
Love and Fury Call the Tune
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 24 April 2016; (p. 26)
— Review of With Love and Fury 2016 selected work lyric/song
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Love and Fury Call the Tune
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 24 April 2016; (p. 26)
— Review of With Love and Fury 2016 selected work lyric/song -
Noonan Excels in Concept Executed Well-nigh Faultlessly
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 2 May 2016; (p. 15)
— Review of With Love and Fury 2016 selected work lyric/song -
Brodsky Quartet and Katie Noonan
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 May 2016; (p. 14)
— Review of With Love and Fury 2016 selected work lyric/song -
Tribute to a Great Oz Poet
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend West , 7-8 May 2016; (p. 95)
— Review of With Love and Fury 2016 selected work lyric/song -
Phillip Hall Reviews Judith Wright, Georgina Arnott and Katie Noonan
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , October no. 55.1 2016;
— Review of Collected Poems 1942-1985 1994 selected work poetry ; The Unknown Judith Wright 2016 single work biography ; With Love and Fury 2016 selected work lyric/song -
On the Wright Track
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 April 2016; (p. 29)
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