Event
Port Fairy: Across the Water
- Date: Saturday, 14 October 2017, 5:15pm
- Venue: Drill Hall (Port Fairy) — Port Fairy, VIC
- Series: This event is part of the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival 2017 series
- Tickets: Adult: $30 | Concession: $24 — Tickets can be purchased online
Event Details
Between 1939 and 1942, as a little boy, Steve Reich had to travel back and forth between New York and Los Angeles – between divorced parents. Many years later, he realised that he would have travelled on other trains to other destinations, had he, as a Jew, lived in Europe in the same period.
This is the central thrust of Different Trains – Steve Reich’s brilliant work built on the technique of speech melody – pairing recorded speech alongside its musical equivalent.
In creating Across the Water, Robert Davidson used the same technique, and utilized Stephanie Arnold’s 1st hand interviews with Melbourne-based asylum seekers who shared with her stories of their journeys and arrival in Australia.
This promises to be a deeply compelling and moving performance.
Program
Davidson Across the Water
Reich Different Trains
Artists
Natasha Conrau, Violin
Amy Brookman, Violin
Merewyn Bramble, Viola
Stephanie Arnold, Cello
Featured non-Australian music: Reich
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (03) 5568 3030 or by email to contact@portfairyspringfest.com.au
Featured Australian Works
| Across the water (cello with pre-recorded sound) (2016) by Robert Davidson and Stephanie Arnold — performed by Stephanie Arnold |
Featured artists
- Performer Stephanie Arnold
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