Event
Portraits at an Exhibition
- Date: Thursday, 17 May 2018, 6:30pm
- Venue: National Portrait Gallery — King Edward Terrace, Parkes, ACT
- Tickets: General: $45 | Under 30: $29 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (02) 6262 6772
Event Details
We are all familiar with the sound of a standard orchestra, but what about one made up entirely of saxophones? In this program, the SCM Saxophone Orchestra explores new sounds, colours and instrumental combinations in a vibrant concert that will blow you away.
Gordon Darling Hall, National Portrait Gallery, 6.30-7.30pm
Presented by Singapore Airlines
SCM Saxophone Orchestra
Michael Duke Conductor
BRENTON BROADSTOCK: Aurora Australis
(1988, new arrangement commissioned 2017)
MATTHEW ORLOVICH: Concertino for saxophone and saxophone orchestra (new commission 2017–18)
KATIA BEAUGEAIS: First Light at Uluru (2015)
ELENA KATS-CHERNIN: Anna Magdalena’s Notebook
GABRIELLA VICI: Prelude, Idyll and Fugue
NATALIE WILLIAMS: New work
(commissioned 2017–18)
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (02) 6262 6772
Featured Australian Works
Aurora Australis (saxophone ensemble) (2017) by Brenton Broadstock — World premiere — performed by SCM Saxophone Orchestra and Michael Duke | |
Concertino : for E-flat alto saxophone and saxophone orchestra (2018) by Matthew Orlovich — performed by Michael Duke and SCM Saxophone Orchestra | |
First light at Uluru : for saxophone orchestra (2015) by Katia Beaugeais — performed by Michael Duke and SCM Saxophone Orchestra | |
| From Anna Magdalena's notebook : saxophone quartet (2015) by Elena Kats-Chernin — performed by SCM Saxophone Orchestra |
Prelude, Idyll and Fugue by Gabriella Vici |
Featured artists
- New work by Natalie Williams
- Music of Gabriella Vici
- Performer SCM Saxophone Orchestra
- Conductor Michael Duke
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