Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

“I’m very excited to present this recital, which features a wide range of styles. It opens with J.S. Bach’s Suite in C Minor, a work that takes us on a journey through a French Overture, fugue, and a series of dance movements. This suite utilises scordatura — an alternative tuning of the viola — allowing for the expression of harmonies and chords that are typically unplayable with standard tuning.

Next is the premiere of a new ANAM set work by Chris Williams, titled we have seen it rising. The piece, inspired by Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner’s poem tell them, ‘is animated by a growing sense of urgency, built from the tension between beauty and distress.’

The recital concludes with Rebecca Clarke’s Sonata for Viola and Piano — a passionate, virtuosic work, performed with pianist Aidan Boase.

Working on these three pieces has given me the chance to explore a wide palette of sounds and techniques on the viola, from varied bow strokes to a rich vocabulary of pizzicato. It’s been both challenging and rewarding to expand my musical gestures and ideas through this program.” — Daniel You

Featured non-Australian music: Bach "Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011" ; Rebecca Clarke "Sonata for viola and piano"

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (03) 9645 7911 or by email to info@anam.com.au

Featured Australian Works

Featured artists

• Presented by Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)
• Performer Daniel You
• Performer Aidan Boase
• Music of Chris Williams