Event
Portraits at an Exhibition
- Date: Thursday, 17 May 2018, 6:30pm
- Venue: National Portrait Gallery — King Edward Terrace, Parkes, ACT
- Tickets: General: $45 | Under 30: $29 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (02) 6262 6772
Event Details
We are all familiar with the sound of a standard orchestra, but what about one made up entirely of saxophones? In this program, the SCM Saxophone Orchestra explores new sounds, colours and instrumental combinations in a vibrant concert that will blow you away.
Gordon Darling Hall, National Portrait Gallery, 6.30-7.30pm
Presented by Singapore Airlines
SCM Saxophone Orchestra
Michael Duke Conductor
BRENTON BROADSTOCK: Aurora Australis
(1988, new arrangement commissioned 2017)
MATTHEW ORLOVICH: Concertino for saxophone and saxophone orchestra (new commission 2017–18)
KATIA BEAUGEAIS: First Light at Uluru (2015)
ELENA KATS-CHERNIN: Anna Magdalena’s Notebook
GABRIELLA VICI: Prelude, Idyll and Fugue
NATALIE WILLIAMS: New work
(commissioned 2017–18)
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (02) 6262 6772
Featured Australian Works
| Aurora Australis (saxophone ensemble) (2017) by Brenton Broadstock — World premiere — performed by SCM Saxophone Orchestra and Michael Duke | |
| Concertino : for E-flat alto saxophone and saxophone orchestra (2018) by Matthew Orlovich — performed by Michael Duke and SCM Saxophone Orchestra |
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| First light at Uluru : for saxophone orchestra (2015) by Katia Beaugeais — performed by Michael Duke and SCM Saxophone Orchestra |
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| From Anna Magdalena's notebook : saxophone quartet (2015) by Elena Kats-Chernin — performed by SCM Saxophone Orchestra |
| Prelude, Idyll and Fugue by Gabriella Vici |
Featured artists
- New work by Natalie Williams
- Music of Gabriella Vici
- Performer SCM Saxophone Orchestra
- Conductor Michael Duke
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