Sharing the joy of singing since 1920
Hats off to the Heidelberg Choral Society
for commissioning a full length oratorio from an Australian composer, performing it well, and gathering a capacity audience to hear it.
Tony Way - The Age
Origins is a major new oratorio conceived by singer and evolutionary geneticist, Jenny Graves, as a secular successor to Haydon's 200-year-old oratorio, Creation.
Jenny co-wrote the libretto with fellow singer and poet, Leigh Hay.
Heidelberg Choral Society commissioned brilliant young Melbourne musician, Nicholas Buc, to compose the score.
Origins presents a musical depiction of the early universe, of the fundamentals of molecular life, and of evolution, as never attempted before!
The breathtaking libretto, inspired by cosmology, evolutionary genetics, anthropology and ecology, tells the story of the origins of life from the Big Bang to the emergence of humanity, and celebrates the role of science in understanding and protecting our planet.
Origins brings the beauty and wonder of science to the public, expressing some of the most profound scientific truths in a unique fusion of science and music.
