Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

This concert is a banquet of musical colours and flavours, making full use of the joyous contrasts provided by all the different Festival wind players, grounded in piano and strings. Tansman and Martinu almost certainly crossed paths in the musically vibrant Paris of the early 20th century; Britten’s youthful Sinfonietta blends rhapsodic beauty with rhythmic invention. Ligeti’s Bagatelles show the composer at his most playful, making a happy contrast with Glière’s songful Duos. Works by Fitkin and Westlake make delightful companion pieces, their composers respected and popular members of today’s musical pantheon.

program

MARTINŮ Trio for flute, cello and piano, H. 300
LIGETI Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
TANSMAN Sonatina for bassoon and piano
BRITTEN Sinfonietta for chamber orchestra, op 1
FITKIN Gate for soprano saxophone and piano
GLIÈRE Duos (1-7) op 39 for violin and cello
WESTLAKE Rare Sugar

FEATURED ARTISTS

ARCADIA WINDS
KEES BOERSMA double bass
AMY DICKSON saxophone
PINCHAS ZUKERMAN violin
AMANDA FORSYTH cello
GOLDNER STRING QUARTET

about the festival

Presented in association with the Australian Youth Orchestra and Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Musica Viva's biennial chamber music festival showcases the best local and international chamber music artists in four days of concerts, talks and masterclasses.

Featured non-Australian music: Martinu, Ligeti, Tansam, Britten, Fitkin, Gliere

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (02) 8394 6666

Featured Australian Works

Rare sugar : a clarinet concertino in a single movement (2007) by Nigel Westlake