Dates
Friday 12 July 2024
7:30pm at Hamer Hall Selling fast
Saturday 13 July 2024
7:30pm at Hamer Hall New show added
About this performance
This NAIDOC Week, one of Australia’s most loved singer-songwriters, Dan Sultan, joins the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the tenth anniversary of his third studio album, Blackbird.
After headlining the Orchestra’s 2023 performance of One Song: The Music of Archie Roach, Dan will reunite with the MSO on this special anniversary to perform songs from the album and hits from his impressive catalogue.
Billed as ‘the simple journey of a man singing about love, desire and identity’, the album set Sultan’s wide-ranging talent as a songwriter and performer at the fore. It was filled with powerhouse riffs met by crackling gospel interludes, rock and roll and soul jams, pure country tones, and bare, aching ballads and harmonies.
With orchestral arrangements by Alex Turley and conducted by Noongar man Aaron Wyatt, this is a performance ten years in the making.
Featuring
Dan Sultan
Jarra Karalinar Steel visuals
Alex Turley arrangements
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Aaron Wyatt conductor
Order Blackbird 10th Anniversary Vinyl
Dan Sultan has also announced the release of a 10 Year Anniversary vinyl pressing of his acclaimed album Blackbird – out now through Liberation Records.
Proudly presented by MSO Major NAIDOC Week Partner, Equity Trustees. Co-presented with Arts Centre Melbourne.
With special thanks to the Ullmer Family Foundation: First Nations Emerging Artist Program and Members of the MSO First Nations Giving Circle.
