MPavilion Wominjeka Song Cycle

John Gollings

Wominjeka

Welcome to a night of celebration and reconciliation. Join us on a journey through the traditional languages of the Boon Wurrung, Yorta Yorta and Wadawurrung nations in this powerful and evocative performance.

7:30pm — April 12 2022

Program

Long Time Living Here

MSO+
Deborah Cheetham, Soprano Solo

Welcome

Deborah Cheetham AO

Galnya Yakarrumdja

John Gollings

2021

Performed by:

Lillie Walker + Deborah Cheetham, Soprano Solos
Consort of Melbourne

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Long Journey
Boon Wurrung

Earl Carter

2014

Performed by:

Hamish Upton + Zela Papageorgiou, percussion on Federation Bells
Dhungala Children’s Choir

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Language Revival

Deborah Cheetham & N’arweet Professor Carolyn Briggs AM PhD

Wominjeka Elements 2

Richard Powers

2015

Performed by:

MSO
Shauntai Batzke, soprano solo
Dhungala Children’s Choir
Consort of Melbourne

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Wominjeka Birrarunga

Rory Gardiner

2016

Performed by:

Dhungala Children’s Choir
Consort of Melbourne
Toni Lalich OAM, pianist

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Nganga Yinga

John Gollings

2017

Performed by:

MSO
Shauntai Batzke, soprano solo
Dhungala Children’s Choir

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Connection and Belonging

Deborah Cheetham & N’arweet Professor Carolyn Briggs AM PhD

Bunjil Ngalingu

John Gollings

2019

Performed by:

Jessica Hitchcock + Deborah Cheetham, soprano duet
Rohan de Korte, cello solo
Toni Lalich, pianist

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Wooroongi Biik

2020

Performed by:

Aaron Wyatt, viola solo

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Thank You

Sam Redston, CEO Naomi Milgrom Foundation

Yarran Ngarnga Yinga

John Gollings

2018

Performed by:

MSO
Deborah Cheetham, soprano solo
Dhungala Children’s Choir
Consort of Melbourne

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Thanks

This project was made possible thanks to the generosity of our partners and supporters.

With thanks to N’arweet Professor Carolyn Briggs AM PhD

Composer

Deborah Cheetham AO

Conductor

Aaron Wyatt

Naomi Milgrom AC

Naiomi Milgrom Foundation
Creative Victoria
City of Melbourne
Indiginous Language and Arts
Melbourne Recital Centre
Melbourne Syphony Orchestra
Orchestra Victoria
Creative Victoria
Ensemble Dutala

Dhungala Children’s Choir

Consort of Melbourne

Michel Lawrence
videographer

Federation Handbells

Deborah Cheetham AO
Toni Lalich OAM
Shauntai Batzke
Jessica Hitchcock
Aaron Wyatt
Cello Rohan de Korte
Hamish Upton and Zela Papageorgiou

Federation Bells (with thanks to Museums Victoria)

Susie Anderson

MPavilion Team
Sam Redston
Jen Zielinska
Piera Maclean
Molly Braddon
Claire Curnow
Gabriela Holland

We respectfully acknowledge the people of the Eastern Kulin Nations, on whose un‑ceded lands we honour the continuation of the oldest music practice in the world.

WOMINJEKA (WELCOME)

We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.