The Dingo’s Noctuary (2021–22)

45 mins

for mezzo-soprano, narrator, instruments and laptop

Vibrant bird painting based on a roadkill magpie, with a dark background. — "Ben sometimes felt he carried his artist girlfriend a lot, but she painted him stars while he slept. "
Image © Judith Nangala Crispin Lumen Print. cliché-verre Double exposure. Roadkill magpie, ash on fibre paper. First exposure, 12 hours under marked glass in the back of a ute. Second exposure, 12 hours with additional seeds and dirt. Winter light

Text: Judith Nangala Crispin

mezzo-soprano, narrator, clarinet in A (= bass clarinet), oboe (= cor anglais), percussion (ratchet, sistrum, 3 cowbells, stones, tambourine, suspended cymbal, glockenspiel), harmonium, harp, viola and laptop

Commissioned by Music Viva Australia