One Woman’s War: An ANZAC concert
Sun, 26 Apr
|Wesley Uniting Church
Polifemy women’s vocal ensemble "One Woman’s War: An ANZAC concert" Wartime letters from Australian Army Nursing Service Sister Ada Priscilla Smith (read by Liz McKenzie). Renaissance music L’homme arme (Guerrera 1540) performed by Polifemy women’s vocal ensemble (dir. Robyn Mellor)
Time & Location
26 Apr 2026, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Wesley Uniting Church, 20-22 National Circuit, Entrance via, Fitzroy St, Forrest ACT 2603, Australia
About the event
Polifemy women’s vocal ensemble
One Woman’s War: An ANZAC concert
Wartime letters from Australian Army Nursing Service Sister Ada Priscilla Smith (read by Liz McKenzie)
Renaissance music L’homme arme (Guerrera 1540) performed by Polifemy women’s vocal ensemble (dir. Robyn Mellor)
“Everywhere it has been proclaimed that each man shall arm himself with a coat of iron mail. The armed man should be feared.”
The concert pairs the letters, reports, photos and memorabilia written and collected by Sister Ada Priscilla Smith after she enlisted in June 1915 with Polifemy’s a capella vocal performances of theMissa L'homme armé(Mass for the Armed Man) composed by the Spaniard Francisco Guerrero in 1540, and motets by Morales, Palestrina, de Lassus, Victoria and others. While listening, you will be able to reflect on Sister Smith’s journey from Warwick in Queensland, to Egypt, France, England and back again in early 1920. Join us for a concert of beautiful Renasissance…