The Côr of The Matter, Melbourne/Naarm Concert

The pondering Welsh psyche has over a millenia produced powerful songs for those seeking solutions to life's problems. A culture formed in the Bronze Age, let the dark hearts of The Welsh embrace you. Heartbreak, death, existential crisis; nothing can faze them. Songs from Cymru, their côr in Naarm, this is not like any Welsh côr (choir) you have heard before. The songs are old, and the songs are in Welsh, but freshly re- arranged by Bush Gothic’s Jenny M. Thomas. And how will you understand the ancient Celtic words? Prize winning visual artist Jacqui Stockdale translates the lyrics into images, magically transforming the performance space in real time with real paint and emotion to match. Fascinated by the tragic grandeur that songs ​can give to our appalling human fragility​, The Côr Of The Matter will help to alleviate your ordinary worries as you come to appreciate your essential nothingness.