Event
Alice in Antarctica
- Date: Sunday, 26 June 2011, 5pm
- Venue: Llewellyn Hall ANU School of Music — School of Music, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
- Tickets: $25 full, $20 concession, students free — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on 1300 795 012
Event Details
A performance piece which Alice Giles created for a live concert at Mawson Station, Antarctica, earlier this year as a tribute to her grandfather C.T. Madigan and his role in the Mawson expedition. 'Alice in Antarctica' includes readings from Madigan’s diaries and pieces/songs that he mentions there, newly composed works for electro-acoustic harp by Australian composers Larry Sitsky, Jim Cotter, Martin Wesley-Smith and Joshua McHugh; and a new transcription by Nigel Westlake. This will be the Australian premiere of these works and will include the added element of images and sound recordings from Alice’s own voyage.
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Featured Australian Works
| Aurora Wynnis : harp solo by Martin Wesley-Smith — World premiere — performed by Alice Giles | |
| Beneath the midnight sun : harp solo by Nigel Westlake — World premiere — performed by Alice Giles and Alice Giles | |
| Fantasia No. 16 : for lever harp : harp solo (2010) by Larry Sitsky — World premiere — performed by Alice Giles | |
| Fantasia No. 17 : harp solo (2010) by Larry Sitsky — World premiere | |
| Billions of Penguins (2010) by Joshua McHugh — World premiere | |
| Ice by Mary Doumany | |
| On not Dancing with Penguins (2011) by Jim Cotter — World premiere | |
| Southern Ocean Song (2011) by Alice Giles — World premiere |
Featured artists
- New work by Jim Cotter
- New work by Joshua McHugh
- New work by Alice Giles
- Music of Mary Doumany
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