Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
Join us on Saturday 26 June as we say thank you and farewell to Section Principal Harp Jill Atkinson, who retires after 47 years with the Orchestra. Enjoy this insightful chat with Jill as she shares some recollections of her time with the Orchestra, including what it was like to tour as part of the much-famed train trip throughout the state.
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Join us on Saturday 26 June as we say thank you and farewell to Section Principal Harp Jill Atkinson, who retires after 47 years with the Orchestra. Enjoy this insightful chat with Jill as she shares some recollections of her time with the Orchestra, including what it was like to tour as part of the much-famed train trip throughout the state.
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![Barton - Apii Thatini Mu Murtu (To sing and carry a coolamon on country together) [excerpt]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fBmNgMRVXDo/mqdefault.jpg "Barton - Apii Thatini Mu Murtu (To sing and carry a coolamon on country together) [excerpt]
To hear your piece being played by not only one musician, but by a whole orchestra, is very powerful and very humbling. William Barton
Queensland Symphony Orchestra recently performed the world premiere of William Bartons Apii Thatini Mu Murtu (To sing and carry a coolamon on country together) under the baton of Benjamin Northey. In celebration of NAIDOC Week, enjoy this introspective video featuring an excerpt of the piece alongside some of Williams musings of his time with us.
The world premiere of Apii Thatini Mu Murtu (To sing and carry a coolamon on country together) was commissioned for Queensland Symphony Orchestra by The Honourable Anthe Philippides.
Audio recording courtesy of ABC Classic.
Video by Joel Tronoff and Samuel Muller.
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