Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

Allotropy Pop-up String Quartet will be joined by soprano Rosemary Ball in a concert of works featuring Australian and world premieres including Sirens by Evan Lawson. Sirens draws upon the ancient story of Orpheus and is based on section of the odyssey where Orpheus saves the members of the Argonaut from the singing of the sirens by playing the lyre. This work explores the sirens - putting each member of the string quartet and the soprano in locations around the room from where they call back and forth to each other.

This program is a community art project by Evan Lawson, ‘composer in residence’ at Bayside City Council’s Billilla Mansion Artists’ studio’s program in association with Bayside’s 2016 Resonance Music Series.

Program

Dulcie HOLLAND | Salute to Jacques | For string quartet
Evan LAWSON | Sirens | For soprano and string quartet | World Premiere commissioned by Allotropy!
Thomas LARCHER | Madhares String Quartet No. 3 | Australian Premiere
Joe CHINDAMO | The Fitzroy Tales - Six Scenes for string quartet | World Premiere commissioned by Allotropy!
Paul STANHOPE | Sea Chronicles | For soprano and string quartet

Allotropy! with Rosemary Ball is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

Featured non-Australian music: Thomas Larcher

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (03) 9599 4444 or by email to artevents@bayside.vic.gov.au

Featured Australian Works

Featured artists

• Performer Rosemary Ball
• Performer Emma Hunt
• Performer Katriona Tsyrlin
• Performer Beatrix Pickett
• Performer Michelle John
• Performer Allotropy!