Event
No Strings Attached
- Date: Saturday, 27 April 2019, 8pm
- Venue: Sir John Clancy Auditorium — University of New South Wales, Gate 9, High Street, Kensington, NSW
- Tickets: Adults: $55 | Children: $33 | Concession: $33 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on 0293 854 874
Event Details
The wonderful colours and personalities of wind instruments are brought to the fore here, celebrating some of the finest chamber music for woodwind combinations. With pianist Ian Munro, we begin with Mozart’s Quintet for Winds and Piano – a work which the composer regarded as one of his finest – before exploring the quirkier territory of Martin Wesley-Smith’s Janet (named after a pet goat!) for flute, percussion and piano. Poulenc’s capricious Sextet for Winds and Piano is variously inspired by Mozart’s classicism through to Parisian café music. György Ligeti’s Bagatelles for Wind Quintet are captivating miniature essays full of intellect and creative wit, while the grand romanticism of Ludwig Thuille’s Sextet for Winds and Piano rounds off this fascinating musical journey, with not a string instrument in sight!
Performers: Ian Munro, piano; Geoffrey Collins, flute and David Griffiths, clarinet with guest artists Shefali Pryor, oboe; Lyndon Watts, bassoon; Robert Johnson, horn; and Alison Pratt, percussion
Featured non-Australian music: MOZART Quintet in E Flat K452, POULENC Sextet, LIGETI Bagatelles, THUILLE Sextet
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on 0293 854 874 or by email to australia.ensemble@unsw.edu.au
Featured Australian Works
| Janet : trio incl. flute (1995) by Martin Wesley-Smith — performed by Alison Pratt, Ian Munro and Geoffrey Collins |
Featured artists
- Performer Geoffrey Collins
- Performer Ian Munro
- Performer Alison Pratt
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