Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

CONCERT 1
Opening Gala

A World of Music

The opening spectacle that showcases the festival’s international stars: the incomparable Canadian Brass, Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar String Quartet straight out of El Sistema, Canberra’s very own Lisa Moore returning from New York, William Barton on the didgeridoo and more.

PROGRAM

William Barton (b. 1981)/ Robert Davidson (b. 1965), Festival Opening – Beaver Blaze (WP)

J.S. Bach (1685-1750), Prelude and Fugue no. 24 in B minor – Book 1
Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Der Vogel als Prophet (The Bird as Prophet) op. 82 no. 7
Frederic Rzewski (b. 1938), Piano Piece no. 4

Traditional, Just A Closer Walk with Thee
Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654), Galliard Battaglia
Sonny Kompanek, Killer Tango
J.S. Bach, "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578,
W.C. Handy (1873-1958), Beale Street Blues

Chen Yi (b. 1953), Yangko

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), String Quartet no. 8 op. 110

Robert Davidson (b. 1965), Landscape

Durations: 10' – 16' – 15' – interval – 5' – 23' – 10'

CANADIAN BRASS, WILLIAM BARTON didgeridoo, SIMÓN BOLÍVAR STRING QUARTET,  MINH LE HOANG guitar, LISA MOORE piano

Featured non-Australian music: J.S. Bach, Schumann, Rzewski, Samuel Scheidt, Sonny Kompanek, W.C. Handy, Chen Yi, Shostakovich

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (02) 6230 5880 or by email to info@cimf.org.au

Featured Australian Works

Featured artists

• Performer Canadian Brass
• Performer Simón Bolívar String Quartet
• Performer William Barton
• Performer Lisa Moore
• Performer Minh Le Hoang
• Music of Robert Davidson
• Music of William Barton