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Dead museum animals: from ‘order of nature’ to chaos of culture
Dr Libby Robin, National Museum of Australia
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
Libby Robin looks at the use of dead animal collections in museums. She examines the scientific precedents behind these collections and how they are evolving from representations of science to components of social history and art studies.
From collections to exhibitions – welcome and keynote address
Professor Howard Morphy, Australian National University and Dr Peter Stanley, National Museum of Australia
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
Peter Stanley welcomes guests to the 2009 National Museum Collections Symposium and key speaker Howard Morphy delivers ‘Perspectives on exhibiting collections,’ looking at the significance of artefacts and the stories they can tell.
Animated conversation with Geoff Pryor
Michael McKernan and Geoff Pryor
13 December 2008
Historian Michael McKernan celebrates the life and work of much admired political cartoonist and Canberra identity Geoff Pryor, who retired after three decades with The Canberra Times.
Carl Vine, Inner World for Solo Cello and Electronics (1994)
David Pereira
AE Smith Instruments collection, 17 November 2008
Renowned Australian cellist David Pereira plays the cello made by AE Smith in Sydney in 1953, one of the National Museum’s most treasured musical instruments. This piece was dedicated to David Pereira.
Bach, Suite No. 3 in C Major BWV 1009 (c. 1720)
David Pereira
AE Smith Instruments collection, 17 November 2008
Renowned Australian cellist David Pereira plays the cello made by AE Smith in Sydney in 1953, one of the National Museum’s most treasured musical instruments. Movements played: Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Bourrees I and II, and Gigue.
Bach, Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 1010 (c. 1720)
David Pereira
AE Smith Instruments collection, 17 November 2008
Renowned Australian cellist David Pereira plays the cello made by AE Smith in Sydney in 1953, one of the National Museum’s most treasured musical instruments. Movements played: Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gavottes I and II, and Gigue.
Olivier Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time (1942)
David Pereira and Alice Giles
AE Smith Instruments collection, 17 November 2008
Renowned Australian cellist David Pereira plays one of the National Museum’s most treasured musical instruments, the AE Smith cello, accompanied by harpist Alice Giles.
Arvo Pärt, Spiegel im Spiegel (1978)
David Pereira
AE Smith Instruments collection, 17 November 2008
Renowned Australian cellist David Pereira plays the cello made by AE Smith in Sydney in 1953, one of the National Museum’s most treasured musical instruments. This piece was originally for violin and piano.
David Pereira, Unity is Strength (2008)
David Pereira
AE Smith Instruments collection, 17 November 2008
Renowned Australian cellist David Pereira plays a personal composition on the cello made by AE Smith in Sydney in 1953, one of the National Museum’s most treasured musical instruments. Dedicated to Gabrielle Hyslop and the National Museum.
Peter Sculthorpe, Threnody (1991)
David Pereira
AE Smith Instruments collection, 17 November 2008
Renowned Australian cellist David Pereira plays the cello made by AE Smith in Sydney in 1953, one of the National Museum’s most treasured musical instruments. Dedicated to Stuart Challender.
