Event
MSO : Immortal Diamond : Paul Grabowsky and Lisa Gerrard
- Date: Wednesday, 5 October 2022, 8pm
- Venue: Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne — 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC
- Tickets: Standard $55-$95 | Concession $50-$90 | Child $20 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (03) 9929 9600
Event Details
“Immortal Diamond borrows its title from a poem of Gerard Manley Hopkins, called That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire and the Comfort of Resurrection, in which his unforgettable final lines describe his relationship to Christ:
since he was what I am, and
This Jack, joke, poor potsherd, patch, matchwood, immortal diamond,
Is immortal diamond
This beautiful poem, full of extraordinary sound pictures, provides the inspiration for a sound world in which Lisa Gerrard will range freely, one that speaks of the power of spiritual love and renewal. The music will ebb and flow slowly like a tide, the orchestra and sixteen wordless singers embedded within it will wrap around her voice, occasionally falling away to the ruminations of the piano as it continues accompanying a song that—in a sense—has no beginning and no end.”
— Paul Grabowsky AO, MSO Composer in Residence
Duration: approx. 1 hour, no interval
Immortal Diamond is presented as part of the MSO’s Metropolis New Music program.
Further information for this event is available or by email to boxoffice@mso.com.au
Featured Australian Works
| Immortal Diamond : full orchestra (2022) by Paul Grabowsky — World premiere |
Featured artists
- Presented by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
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