Join Larrakia Senior Elder Dr Aunty Bilawara Lee and NT Composer Netanela Mizrahi for the world premiere of their stunning new work ‘Gurrulwa Guligi’ (Big Wind) commemorating the 50th anniversary of the devastating Cyclone Tracy that forever changed Darwin. 

Through Aunty B’s wisdom as a Larrakia Elder and lived experience of Cyclone Tracy, this new work crafted with Netanela Mizrahi brings a fresh perspective on our culture and history, in a uniquely moving world premiere composition. 

As part of Vital Forces, two additional incredible Australian works by Alice Chance and James Ledger have their NT debut. Don’t miss Ledger’s Signal Lost, meditating on the moments where communication fails, and Chance’s irresistibly playful tribute to life’s journeys. 

These are followed by Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony. Written in the shadow of war in 1944, this incredible work is in turn joyous, reflective, ominous and urgent, all culminating in a brilliant and charged finale.

Vital Forces is a breathtaking musical testament to the strength and resilience of the human spirit performed by Darwin’s own symphony orchestra.

PROGRAM

Mizrahi/Lee Gurrulwa Guligi (World Premiere)

Ledger Signal Lost (NT Premiere)

Chance Through Changing Landscape (NT Premiere)

Prokofiev Symphony No 5

Presented by Darwin Symphony Orchestra