Event
Distant Cities
- Date: Wednesday, 25 March 2026, 7:30pm
- Venue: Recital Hall West, Sydney Conservatorium of Music — Cnr Macquarie St and Bridge St, Sydney, NSW
- Tickets: $25 Adult $15 Conc — Tickets can be purchased online
Event Details
Composer Cyrus Meurant presents his recently completed two-part work Distant Cities for cello and piano, inspired by Rimbaud's Les Illuminations.
Meurant's long-time collaborator, saxophonist Andrew Smith, will then join him to perform Constancies for alto saxophone and piano.
Rounding out the recital will be a selection of solo piano compositions, including "Sortie" (from the ballet Au revoir mon ami), "Monday III" from the album Monday to Friday (composed for people living with dementia) and Mneme.
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured Australian Works
| Constancies : for alto saxophone and piano (2010) by Cyrus Meurant — performed by Cyrus Meurant and Andrew Smith | |
| Distant Cities : cello with piano (2026) by Cyrus Meurant — World premiere — performed by Cyrus Meurant and Daniel Yeadon | |
| Mneme (solo piano) (2023) by Cyrus Meurant — performed by Cyrus Meurant | |
| Monday to Friday : for flute (doubling alto flute), viola, vibraphone and piano (2016) ["Monday III" only] by Cyrus Meurant — performed by Cyrus Meurant |
| Sortie : for solo piano (2020) by Cyrus Meurant — performed by Cyrus Meurant |
Featured artists
- Performer Cyrus Meurant
- Performer Daniel Yeadon
- Performer Andrew Smith
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