Event
Antiques Epigraphs
- Date: Wednesday, 14 November 2018, 6 - 7pm
- Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Primrose Potter Salon — Cnr Southbank Blvd & Sturt St, Southbank, VIC
- Tickets: Adults: $39 | Concession: $29 (booking fees apply) — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (03) 9699 3333
Event Details
Syzygy 2018 – Hommage à M. Debussy
Claude Debussy is widely regarded as the father of modern classical music. In the centenary year of his death, Syzygy takes the final three sonatas of Debussy as points of departure for three concerts that explore the fantastical and multi-faceted contemporary legacy of this bold, exploratory musician. In the pioneering spirit of Debussy, we also include a newly-commissioned Australian work in each concert.
Concert 3 - Antiques Epigraphs
Debussy prophetically called his final sonatas ‘tombstones’. The forward-looking violin sonata was to be his last, hinting at a new vista of uncovered sounds he was never able to explore further. Here, Turnage and Kurtag contribute their own tombstones – Turnage writes a moving elegy to his friend Christopher van Kampen, while Kurtag embeds a web of symbols and secret references in his set of miniatures that pay tribute to the life and work of Robert Schumann. This concert also features a premiere by composer Lachlan Skipworth.
Program
Claude Debussy - Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor
György Kurtág - Hommage a Schumann
Mark Anthony Turnage - Cortege for Chris
Lachlan Skipworth - New work (Untitled)
Featured non-Australian music: Debussy, Kurtag, Mark Anthony Turnage
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (03) 9699 3333 or by email to info@syzygyensemble.com
Featured artists
- New work by Lachlan Skipworth
- Performer Syzygy Ensemble
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