Heliand Consort

3515 Oak Hill Road,Williston VT 05495

02 July, 2021

Description

Pre-show Environmental Speaker-Bill McKibben, Environmentalist and co-founder of 350.org will discuss his thoughts on our environment Heliand Consort performs an expansive program of chamber music and songs inspired by our natural world as we honor diligent doers who move us toward greater awareness of, and harmony with, nature. The concert features music of Australian composer and community activist, Padma Newsome, whose songs speak to the fragile coastal ecosystem of his hometown of Mallacoota, still healing from the devastating 2019/2020 bushfires. We pay musical tribute to the oceans, the bees, and the verdant green which surrounds us. Our featured Vermont artist for this program is Caroline Tavelli-Abar, whose “the Universe in a sparkle” (2017) speaks to the impossible mystery and beauty of our existence and the transience of our human moment within it.