2000 Festival
Artistic Director
Jonathan Mills AO
Bach 2000
Australian Bach Ensemble (Australia)
Directed by Antony Chesterman
Salvation
Sleepers Wake
Actus Tragicus
Bach Collegium Japan (Japan)
Directed by Masaaki Suzuki
Autumn
Easter
St John Passion
Cantus Cölln (Germany)
Directed by Konrad Junghänel
Mass in B Minor
Trinity
The Last Three Motets
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
Collegium Vocale Gent (Belgium)
Directed by Philippe Herreweghe
Funeral Ode
Magnificat
St Matthew Passion
The Choir of Trinity College, Melbourne with Elysium Ensemble (Australia)
Directed by Michael Leighton Jones & Greg Dikmans
The Morning Star
Windsbacher Knabenchor (Germany)
Directed by Karl-Friedrich Beringer
With the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Reformation
Christmas Oratorio (in two parts)
Dance
Chunky Move (Australia/Japan)
Combination #3
Choreographed by Gideon Orbarzanek, Kim Itoh, Phillip Adams
Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu (France)
Le Jardin io io ito ito
Choreographed by José Montalvo
Contemporary Music Events, Six Degrees Architects, Dance Works (Australia)
Ice Carving
Lucy Guerin Company (Australia)
The Ends of Things
Batsheva Dance Company (Israel)
Anaphase by Ohad Naharin
Music
Australian Chamber Orchestra with violinist Ivry Gitlis (Australia/Israel)
Chamber Music Sunset Series (Australia)
Harlem Gospel Choir (USA)
Jacques Loussier Trio (France)
Maria Farantouri (Greece)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Australia)
Mozart and the Kurt Weill Centenary
Conducted by Markus Stenz
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Multinational)
Seven Deadly Sins
The Silver Lake (Overture)/The Seven Deadly Sins by Kurt Weill/Harmonielehre by John Adams
Conducted by Markus Stenz with Laura Aitkin
Quatuor Mosaïques (France)
The World's Greatest String Quartets
Freddy Cole (USA)
The Production Company (Australia)
The Gilbert and Sullivan Show
The Stacey Night at the Festival (Australia)
Opera
Chamber Made Opera (Australia)
Gauguin: a synthetic life
St Martins Youth Arts Centre
Orb.it (Australia)
VCA Opera (Australia)
Journey into Eccentricity
Outdoors
Festival of the Streets (Multinational)
Laneway Vignettes
Legs on the Wall
Clearance
Melbourne Museum outdoor program
Topiary Dream
Theatre
Bobby Baker (UK)
How to Shop
Company B Belvoir (Australia)
The Small Poppies
by David Holman
Directed by Neil Armfield, with Geoffrey Rush
El Périferico de Objetos (Argentina)
Máquina Hamlet
by Heiner Müller
Melbourne Theatre, Company B Belvoir (Australia)
The Unexpected Man
by Yazmena Reza
With John Gaden & Kerry Walker
Paul Grabowski, Wayan Gde Yudane, Australian Art Orchestra (Australia)
The Theft of Sita
Directed by Nigel Jamieson
Playbox (Australia/Vietnam)
Meat Party
by Duong Le Quy
Visual Arts
Asia Pacific Artist Initiatives Project (Asia-Pacific)
USEby
Craft Victoria (Australia)
Instrumental: An exhibition of Australian Luthiers
Daniel Libeskind (Poland/USA)
Lineage: The Architecture of Daniel Libeskind
Garth Paine (Australia)
Reeds
Generation Films
Microwave Nights
John Meade
Mean Yellow
Special Events
Bach 2000 Symposium
Behind the Scenes (Multinational)
Mulwarr Dance Australia, Plasticiens Volants (Australia/France)
Ngalyod - The Rainbow Serpent
The Federation Festival
Artistic Director
Jonathan Mills
Dance
The Australian Ballet, Sydney Dance Company (Australia)
Tivoli
Choreographed by Graeme Murphy
Film
FedFest: a short film competition and showcase (Australia)
Curated by Scott Murray
Lectures
Alfred Deakin Lecture Series (Australia)
The Alfred Deakin Vision/The Arc of Instability: Australia's Role in the Asia-Pacific/The Idea of Australia/Immigration, Diversity and the Fabric of Australian Society/Blueprint of a Future Australian/The Beginning and End of the Universe/Entrepreneuring Science and Containing the Brain Drain/The Brain of the Future/A Scientific Perspective on Race/Beyond Globalisation/Sport: The Touchstone of Australian Life/El Democracy: Challenges for a Networked World/Is this the Generation we have been waiting for?/The Politics of Water/A Conversation with Edward Said/The Future of the Planned City/My Country
Music
Black Velvet (Australia)
Carole Fraser/Vic Simms/Liz Cavanagh-Harris/Maryanne Sam/Auntie Ella Pitt/Lisa Bellear/Ricardo Idagi
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Centenary of Federation Choir (Australia)
Mahler Symphony No. 8: Symphony of a Thousand
Conducted by Markus Stenz
Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organ Concert (Australia)
Pentekostarion: Prayer Bells for Federation
by Constantine Koukias (Australia)
Yothu Yindi (Australia)
Ceremony with the Australian Youth Orchestra
Beyond Survival: A Free Celebration of Indigenous Music (Australia)
Kutcha Edwards/Jimmy Little/Little G & She-Kat the Heroine/Ricardo Idagi & Gerib Sik/Roger Knox & Euraba Band/noKTuRNL/Richard Frankland & Lou Bennett/Bart Willoughby/Gnarnayarrahe/Illana Atkinson/Peter Rotumah/OutBlack/Gary Foley/Frank Yamma
Opera
Opera Australia Melbourne Chorus, State Orchestra of Victoria (Australia)
Batavia
Music by Richard Mills, libretto by Peter Goldsworthy
Theatre
Hung Le, Ningali Lawford (Australia)
Black and Tran: Lost and Found
Melbourne Theatre Company (Australia)
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
Playbox Theatre Company (Australia)
Your Dreaming: The Prime Minister's Cultural Convention
by Max Gillies
Ranter's Theatre (Australia)
St Kilda Tales
by Raimondo Cortese
Twilight Series
by Rodney Hall (Australia)
Visual Arts
Belonging: A Century Celebrated (Australia)
Fiona MacDonald (Australia)
Jigsaw
Greg Creek (Australia)
The Violence of Appearances
Ian W Abdullah (Australia)
River Themes
Karen Casey, Craig Charles, Maree Clarke, Treahna Hamm, Ricardo Idagi, Clinton Nain, Glenn Romanis, Ray Thomas, Lou Bennett, Peter Mumme (Australia)
Scar: A Stolen Vision
Liu Xiao Xian (Australia)
Game
Margaret Morgan (Australia)
Hotel Australia
One Hundred to One: An Australian Journey (Australia)
Patricia Piccinini (Australia)
Superevolution
The Salvation Army
Soldiers of the Cross (1900)
Tony Trembath (Australia)
Federation Cabinet
Special Events
Architectural Treasures of Marvellous Melbourne (Australia)
Centenary of Federation Victoria celebrations (Australia)
Open Weekend at Parliament House