Elision Ensemble
This is a stub entry only — it provides links to other resources by and about Elision Ensemble held in our catalogue.
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Random Audio Sample: Heart's ear : per flauto, clarinetto, due violini, viola e violincello by Liza Lim, from the CD heart's ear |
Articles by and about Elision Ensemble
The Navigator at Melbourne International Festival by Anni Heino
I approached Liza Lim’s opera The Navigator with a certain amount of trepidation. This had to do with my slightly complex relationship with her earlier opera Yuè ling jié (Moon Spirit Feasting, 1999). It wasn’t the certain uncompromising nature of Lim’s compositional style, as I tend to feel that Lim’s work is yet another, convincing proof of the fact that an original voice makes all debates about audience accessibility seem irrelevant. . .
Elision Ensemble in London by Michael Hooper
Musicologist and performer Michael Hooper recently went to the Ricordi: Beyond 200 concert in London, and came out wanting to share his impressions with the rest of the world. Resonate publishes his thoughts on Liza Lim's music and Richard Haynes's virtuosity along with a number links to media coverage of Elision Ensemble's concert in London.
The Navigator in Moscow and Paris by Australian Music Centre
Liza Lim's and Patricia Sykes's opera The Navigator will receive its European premiere this week in Moscow, Russia, as part of the 8th Chekhov International Theatre Festival. Later in 2009, The Navigator will be performed in France as part of the Festival d'automne à Paris...
Elision in Session by Mark Viggiani
The ensemble Elision has been focussed internationally for most of its existence, having long moved beyond its humble beginnings at the Victorian College of the Arts in the late 1980s. A welcome and all too rare appearance here saw them present what was effectively two programs to a sympathetic and encouragingly sized audience.
Composer and performer notes June 2010 by Australian Music Centre
Our regular news bulletin from the composing/performing world.
Works commissioned by Elision Ensemble
Garden of earthly desire by Liza Lim
Oresteia by Liza Lim, Barrie Kosky and Liza Lim
The alchemical wedding by Liza Lim
Music for the Adonia by Helen Gifford
A Dance and a hymn for Alexander Maconochie, Norfolk Island, May 25, 1840 by David Lumsdaine
The Laird of Drumblair by Michael Barkl
Games of balance by Haydn Reeder
Works commissioned and written for Elision Ensemble
The alchemical wedding by Liza Lim
Dance in a mirror of time by Haydn Reeder
CDs, Books and Kits featuring Elision Ensemble
CD: After the fire / Elision Ensemble.
CD: Garden of earthly desire / Elision Ensemble
Audio tape: Elision/Ensemble Modern Concert.
DVD: The navigator / Liza Lim ; performed by Elision Ensemble.
Events featuring Elision Ensemble
International: ELISION : Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
World premieres given by Elision Ensemble
Invisibility by Liza Lim— 26 Nov 09
The Flesh is the grammar by Robert Dahm— 28 Jul 09
Sphinx : large chamber ensemble by Brendan Colbert— 9 Aug 08 (Iwaki Auditorium, Melbourne)
Navigator (chamber opera) by Liza Lim and Patricia Sykes— 29 Jul 08 (Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane)
entangled : for trombone and violoncello by Dominik Karski— 13 Jul 08 (Government House, Sydney)
OverFlow : for oboe, trumpet/piccolo trumpet, trombone and percussion by Dominik Karski— 26 May 07
RiverBed : for flute, guitar, harp and violin by Dominik Karski— 8 Nov 06 (Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music, UK)
Yuè lìng jié : ritual street opera in 7 parts by Liza Lim and Beth Yahp— 15 Mar 00 (Adelaide Festival)
Garden of earthly desire : 11 instruments by Liza Lim— Oct 98 (Montsalvat, Melbourne, in conjunction with a theatrical production by Handspan Visual Theatre.)
The alchemical wedding : for 22 instruments by Liza Lim— 30 Oct 96 (Melbourne International Festival)
Koto (octets: flute, oboe, flugelhorn, percussion, koto, viola, 2 cellos) by Liza Lim— 30 Jul 94
Games of balance : harp solo by Haydn Reeder— 1 Jul 92 (Melba Hall, University of Melbourne)
Glimeren : chamber ensemble by Brendan Colbert— 17 Nov 91 (Festival di Musica Contemporanea, Bolzano, Italy.)
Altered states (quartets: percussion, mandolin, guitar, harpsichord) by Brendan Colbert— 28 Aug 88 (Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne)
The Laird of Drumblair (septets: clarinet, percussion, mandolin, guitar, violin, viola, double bass) by Michael Barkl— 14 Feb 88 (Church of All Nations, Carlton Victoria)
Murderers of calm (septets: bass clarinet, percussion, mandolin, guitar, violin, viola, double bass) by Brendan Colbert— 12 Feb 87 (Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne.)