Event
Hark the Machine
- Date: Sunday, 11 February 2018, 3pm
- Venue: Sydney Opera House, Utzon Room — Bennelong Point, Sydney, NSW
- Tickets: Adults: $45 | Concession: $38 | Student: $30 (booking fees apply) — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (02) 9250 7777
Event Details
Crunch. Boom. Grind. Ensemble Offspring transforms the Utzon Room with music of today and the sounds of tomorrow.
Creak. Groan. Fizz. Like an old machine gradually coming to life, we hear the rhythmic drive of American composers David Lang and Annie Gosfield.
Pulse, pop, shake. Sounds rooted in jazz emerge from music by pianist and composer, Andrea Keller (2017 Merlyn Myer Music Commission), and Sydney composer Fiona Hill (Noisy Women Commission) transports us to a meditative other-world in a work for sextet so new the ink will still be wet.
Program
Fiona Hill – Pentography (World premiere) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano [10’]
Andrea Keller – Love in Solitude for piano, percussion, flute, clarinet + electronics [15′]
Thomas Meadowcroft – Medieval Rococo for keyboard, percussion, flute, clarinet + electronics [12’]
Annie Gosfield – Cranks & Cactus Needles for flute, piano, violin, cello [6’]
David Lang – Cheating, Lying, Stealing for piano, percussion, cello, bass clarinet, and brake drums [10’5]
Performers
Georgina Oakes (Hatched Academy Associate Artist)
Veronique Serret (violin)
Blair Harris (cello)
Claire Edwardes (percussion)
Jacob Abela (piano)
Jason Noble (clarinet)
Lamorna Nightingale (flute)
Featured non-Australian music: David Lang, Annie Gosfield
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on 0421 238 636 or by email to admin@ensembleoffspring.com
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 |
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| Medieval Rococo : for alto flute, clarinet in Bb, percussion, harpsichord and playback (2016) by Thomas Meadowcroft — performed by Ensemble Offspring |
| Pentography (sextets: flute, clarinet, percussion, keyboard, violin, cello) (2018) by Fiona Hill — World premiere — performed by Ensemble Offspring |
Featured artists
- Performer Ensemble Offspring
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