Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

Program

Andre Previn - Vocalise

Iain Grandage - Nocturnes

Claude Debussy - Ariettes oubliées, L. 63/(60)

Claude Debussy – Sonata for Cello and Piano

Osvaldo Golijov  -  Three Songs for Soprano

Guest Artist 

Chloe Lankshear, soprano

Ensemble Liaison

David Griffiths, clarinet

Svetlana Bogosavljevic, cello

Timothy Young, piano

Concert 2 - Night Songs

For the second concert in its 2026 series, Ensemble Liaison welcomes Australian soprano Chloe Lankshear for a program that explores music of reflection, poetry and the atmosphere of night.

The evening opens with the lyrical Vocalise by André Previn, before unfolding through a sequence of evocative nocturnal sound worlds, including the shimmering Nocturnes of Iain Grandage and Claude Debussy’s exquisite song cycle Ariettes oubliées, where Verlaine’s poetry finds its natural counterpart in Debussy’s luminous musical language.

Debussy’s intimate Sonata for Cello and Piano provides a moment of instrumental contrast, before the program concludes with the passionate and stylistically vibrant songs of Osvaldo Golijov. Together these works create a richly coloured meditation on night, memory and song, brought to life by one of Australia’s most compelling young vocal artists.

Featured non-Australian music: Works by Debussy, Previn and Golijov

Featured artists

• Music of Iain Grandage
• Presented by Ensemble Liaison
• Performer Chloe Lankshear