Christopher Hillier

The voice of Ned Kelly.

Lock up your valuables! 

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Letters of a Black Snake is the featured item in a program of Australian song, history and storytelling, featuring baritone Christopher Hillier, pianist Coady Green and ACOCO artists.

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Ned Kelly's letters - plain-spoken and personal - set to music by composer George Palmer, offer a portrait that reaches beyond the legend: a man writing about family, hardship, loyalty, injustice and survival in colonial Victoria.

Australian baritone Christopher Hillier brings a wealth of operatic and concert experience to the program. Acclaimed for his finely detailed musicianship and strong dramatic presence, Christopher Hillier brings clarity and conviction to Letters of a Black Snake, that causes audiences to perhaps reexamine their perceptions of Ned Kelly - the man, the myth.

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Alongside Christopher Hillier, ACOCO Artists perform works by Sally Whitwell and Elena Kats-Chernin - leading Australian composers with individual musical voices. These beautiful songs move between wit, lyricism, observation and theatrical flair.

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Letters of a Black Snake brings together a major Australian historical voice, contemporary composers and emerging performers in a program built around distinctive Australian music, and artists at different stages of substantial careers.

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Associate artists in Bendigo:

Sophie Bisset soprano

Amanda Hargreaves soprano

Alexandra Amerides contralto

James Billson baritone

with Coady Green piano

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In London:

Daniella Sicari soprano

Coady Green piano