Event
Ensemble Offspring: Light is Calling
- Date: Thursday, 14 May 2015, 6pm
- Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Primrose Potter Salon — Cnr Southbank Blvd & Sturt St, Southbank, VIC
- Series: This event is part of the Metropolis New Music Festival 2015 series
- Tickets: $38/$28 — Tickets can be purchased by phone on (03) 9699 3333
Event Details
Ensemble Offspring are masters of innovative new music. The Sydney-based ensemble returns to Melbourne as part of Metropolis Music Festival and delves into the immersive world of sound and image.
Featuring virtuosic solos by minimalist heroes Steve Reich, Michael Gordon and Nico Muhly on percussion, violin and clarinet, plus two Australian trios – a world premiere by Brisbane composer Christopher Perren which is based on the movement of underwater divers, plus the stunning Fractured Again Suite inspired by splintering glass, from the group’s co-Artistic Director Damien Ricketson which is accompanied by video designed by Andrew Wholley.
Featured non-Australian music: Reich, Gordon, Muhly
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured Australian Works
Dive process : electroacoustic (2015) by Chris Perren — World premiere — performed by Ensemble Offspring | |
Fractured Again Suite (multimedia work) by Damien Ricketson — performed by Ensemble Offspring |
Featured artists
- Performer Ensemble Offspring
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