Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

This event has been postponed due to the worsened Covid-19 situation in NSW. A new date to be advised.

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In this program we join forces on a new work by Perth composer Simon Charles commissioned last year as part of our Hatched HOME Academy in 2020, providing new opportunities for artists during COVID – as well as Bitter Springs Creek 2014 by Hollis Taylor and Jon Rose which celebrates the duelling calls of the pied butcher birds of central Australia.

Four of our core musicians shine as soloists with a classic from Kaija Saariaho, a new piece from emerging composer Johannes MacDonald alongside world premieres from local ladies Melody Eötvös, Bree van Reyk and Alice Humphries.

Come and bask in our slipstream, a visual and sonic wonderland for the senses.

Program:

Johannes MacDonald – The Sun is Coming (a warning from Ra) (contrabass clarinet solo) (2021) 12

Melody Eötvös – Antumbra (vibraphone, glockenspiel + electronics) 6′ WP

Bree van Reyk – Slipstream (vibraphone + balls) 6’ WP

Hollis Taylor/Jon Rose – Bitter Springs Creek 2014 (flute, clarinet, vibraphone + tape) 9’

Alice Humphries – Step 4’30

Kaija Saariaho – Sept Papillons 11’

Simon Charles – Hatched Home Academy Quartet (flute, clarinet, percussion, cello) 10’ WP

Featured non-Australian music: Gerard Grisey, Kaija Saariaho

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website

Featured Australian Works

	Antumbra : for percussion and fixed audio (2022) by Melody Eötvös — performed by Ensemble Offspring
	Bitter Springs Creek 2014 (trios: flute, clarinet, vibraphone) (2019) by Hollis Taylor and Jon Rose — performed by Ensemble Offspring
	Slipstreams : for vibraphone (2021) by Bree van Reyk — World premiere — performed by Ensemble Offspring
	Step : cello solo by Alice Humphries — performed by Ensemble Offspring
	Hatched Home Academy Quartet (2021) by Simon Charles — World premiere
	The Sun is Coming (a warning from Ra) (2021) by Johannes MacDonald

Featured artists

• Music of Johannes MacDonald
• New work by Simon Charles
• Performer Ensemble Offspring