Event
MSO: Nostalghia
- Date: Saturday, 9 May 2015, 8pm
- Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall — Cnr Southbank Blvd & Sturt St, Southbank, VIC
- Series: This event is part of the Metropolis New Music Festival 2015 series
- Tickets: $44-$54
Event Details
Takemitsu’s Nostalghia, a meditative tribute to the last film by Russian cinematic giant Andrei Tarkovsky, recalls the director’s signature scenes of darkness and isolation, whilst Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene – written to accompany a dramatic scenario of his own imagining – viscerally evokes danger, fear and catastrophe within just eight intense minutes of music.
Nico Muhly’s Cello Concerto, acclaimed by The Guardian for its ‘sharply heard orchestral palette’, is performed by British cellist Oliver Coates, to whom it is dedicated. Blow Bright, a darkly atmospheric work from Icelandic composer Daníel Bjarnason – also known for his collaborations with post-rock group Sigur Rós – concludes the program.
This concert will also include a new work by a young Australian composer Harry Sdraulig, commissioned as part of the MSO’s Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers Program.
André de Ridder conductor
Sophie Rowell violin
Oliver Coates cello
Featured non-Australian music: Takemitsu, Schoenberg, Muhly, Bjarnason
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured Australian Works
| Kaleidoscope by Harry Sdraulig — World premiere |
Featured artists
- New work by Harry Sdraulig
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