Earth Cry

Recorded live at the Australian Bushfire Benefit London concert on Sunday 1st March 2020 in Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music. In the presence of the High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom, His Excellency the Honourable George Brandis QC Earth Cry (1986)* Composer: Peter Sculthorpe ABBL Orchestra Conductor: Simone Young AM Formed by Australian musicians in London who produced a concert featuring Australia’s finest musicians with full orchestra and choir to honour the brave men and women who fought the worst fires in Australia’s history. Our hearts are with the people of Australia and we hope that the money raised from this concert will make a tangible difference to the victims of this horrific tragedy. * Performed and recorded with the permission of Faber Music Ltd © Australian Bushfire Benefit London 2020 Concert programme: https://issuu.com/home/published/abbl_programme_v26_final2 To support our Bushfire Fund credit our bank account: Lloyds Bank Victoria Branch Sort Code: 30 98 97 Account Number: 8597 5960 We thank the following organisations and individuals for their support: Event Sponsor Royal Academy of Music Voyage Control Event Partners The Australian High Commission Trade and Investment Queensland Office of the Agent General, Government of South Australia Victorian Government Trade & Investment Office Government of Western Australia European Office New South Wales Trade and Investment, London Office The Tait Memorial Trust Australia House Ensemble Australian Music Foundation Australian Women’s Club London Britain Australia Society Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery FairFX Australian – United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce Royal Flying Doctor Service – Friends in the UK London Australian Film Society Foundation for Australian & New Zealand Arts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Financial Assistance for Artists affected by the COVID-19 crisis The Tait Memorial Trust has established an Emergency Relief Fund for Australia/New Zealand Artists to assist our talented young artists who overnight lost 6 months or more of work. Professional artists, some with losses in excess of £40,000, to artists just out of college who had a regular income of £500 to 3,000 per month which has now disappeared. Most, but thankfully not all, of the performing arts companies are claiming force majeur and leaving our awardees with an uncertain future. Currently many of them can’t get any assistance from the U.K. government stimulus package because they are self employed, nor do they qualify for Universal Credit because they are here on restricted visas and have no access to public funds. To support the Tait Emergency Artist Relief Fund for performing artists from Australia & New Zealand CAF Bank Ltd Tait Memorial Trust Sort Code: 40 52 40 Account Number: 00028428 CAF Donate: https://bit.ly/CAF_TaitERF PayPal: https://bit.ly/PayPal_TaitERF Website: http://taitmemor