Introducing Nathaniel Otley composer for 'Amalia plays Piazzolla'

“this rising tide, these former wetlands” is a work that came about from my interest in how we are becoming more and more aware of the ways in which we are fundamentally interconnected with and reliant on the natural world. My piece for DSO is specifically focused on this phenomenon in the
South Dunedin area and came about through both my own experiences walking home from school through floodwaters in 2015 as well as seeing how the community has responded to continued ecological pressures since. My composition is thus intensely personal, but within it I have tried to include a wide range of stories relating to the flooding from the wider community. These find their way into the work in both implicit and explicit ways that combine to give the piece what I think is a real vibrancy and vulnerability. I hope the audience will hear the piece as both a reflection on the world in the present well as a searching for potential and opportunity for the future.

DSO acknowledges the support of APRA AMCOS - Art Music Fund for this new composition.