Event
MSO Metropolis Festival : Composing Australia Night One
- Date: Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 7:30pm
- Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre — Cnr Southbank Blvd & Sturt St, Southbank, VIC
- Tickets: Adults: $55 | Concession: $50 | Childresn $20 + transaction fee — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (03) 9929 9600
Event Details
Program
Holly Harrison Hi-Vis
Ella Macens The Space Between Stars
Fiona Hill Śūnyatā
Jessica Wells Concerto for Guzheng and orchestra (2024-25)*
*World premiere of an MSO Commission
From the urban to the natural world
Metropolis kicks off with Holly Harrison’s urban fanfare Hi-Vis in which the neon machine activity of roadworks is re-imagined through electronic dance music, bootscooting and disco!
Look up from the city lights and both Ella Macen’s lyrical The Space Between Stars and Fiona Hill’s yogic breath of a piece Śūnyatā take our attention to the vast expanses of time and space of the natural world.
MSO are proud to commission Jessica Wells to compose a groundbreaking Guzheng concerto for Mindy Meng Wang, one of the world’s finest players of this Chinese zither. Delving into the supernatural realms of Chinese folklore and exploring tales of demons, ghosts, Heaven and Hell, this concerto will take you on a spellbinding journey where tradition meets modern artistry.
Duration: approx. 70 minutes, no interval
Featured Australian Works
| Concerto for Guzheng and orchestra : full orchestra (2024) by Jessica Wells — World premiere — performed by Benjamin Northey and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | |
| Hi-Vis : orchestra by Holly Harrison — performed by Benjamin Northey and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | |
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| Śūnyatā : for orchestra (2021) by Fiona Hill — performed by Benjamin Northey and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra |
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| The Space Between Stars : orchestra by Ella Macens — performed by Benjamin Northey and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra |
Featured artists
- Performer Mindy Meng Wang
- Performer Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Benjamin Northey
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