Event
MSO Metropolis Festival : Composing Australia Night Two
- Date: Thursday, 17 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
Liza Lim Sappho/Bioluminescence
Peggy Polias Arachne
William Barton & Matthew Hindson Kalkadungu
Squids, spiders and an orchestra in full flight
Liza Lim’s Sappho/bioluminescence makes expressive bedfellows of a squid that camouflages itself by glowing like the night sky, Sappho’s poetry and luminous instruments.
Peggy Polias’ Arachne references the Greek myth of a weaver woman turned into a spider and there are pages of her score where the music is literally represented by knotted strings.
William Barton and Matthew Hindson’s Kalkadunga has become a modern classic melding the propulsive energies of Barton’s yidaki (didgeridoo) with an orchestra in full flight.
Duration: approx. 70 minutes, no interval
Featured Australian Works
| Arachne : full orchestra by Peggy Polias — performed by Benjamin Northey and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | |
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| Kalkadungu : for soloist (voice, electric guitar, didjeridu) and orchestra (2007) by Matthew Hindson and William Barton — performed by Benjamin Northey and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra |
| Sappho/Bioluminescence : full orchestra by Liza Lim — performed by Benjamin Northey and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra |
Featured artists
- Performer William Barton
- Performer Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Benjamin Northey
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