Event
Ensemble Offspring: Mesmerism
- Date: Saturday, 31 October 2020, 8pm (AEDT)
- Venue: Live streaming event (online only) — National, Australia
- Tickets: Tickets can be purchased online
Event Details
An intimate and eclectic program featuring the quintet of Claire Edwardes (percussion/artistic director), Ben Kopp (piano), Lamorna Nightingale (flutes), Jason Noble (clarinets), and Will Hansen (double bass), Mesmerism features 5 dynamic works from living composers.
Ensemble Offspring will present a new arrangement of local hero Melody Eötvös’s duo celebrating the tiny water bear, the Tardigradus, for flute and vibraphone. Andrea Keller’s Love in Solitude was written for the group in 2016 as a result of winning the Merlyn Myer Commission and combines manipulated samples of the performers on stage with poignant text from Rainer Maria Rilke. Jessica Wells’ arrangement of Paul Mac’s 2019 electronica release Mesmerism is something to behold live.
PROGRAM
Sarah Kirkland-Snider – Pale as Centuries (2011) (arr.) 6′
Melody Eötvös – Tardigradus (2017) 5’
Nico Muhly – How about now 7’30
Andrea Keller – Love in Solitude (2017) 15’
Paul Mac (arr. Jessica Wells) – Mesmerism (2019) AP 6’
PERFORMERS
Claire Edwardes (percussion)
Jason Noble (clarinet)
Lamorna Nightingale (flute)
Benjamin Kopp (piano/keyboard)
Will Hansen (20/21 Associate Artist/double bass)
Featured non-Australian music: Nico Muhly, Sarah Kirkland-Snider
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured Australian Works
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| Love in solitude : for four musicians and pre-recorded soundscape (2017) by Andrea Keller — performed by Ensemble Offspring |
| Mesmerism : chamber ensemble by Paul Mac and Jessica Wells — performed by Ensemble Offspring | |
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| Tardigradus : for flute/piccolo, vibraphone and fixed media (2017) by Melody Eötvös — performed by Ensemble Offspring |
Featured artists
- Performer Ensemble Offspring
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