Event
Spirit Weapons
- Date: Monday, 15 November 2010, 8:00pm
- Venue: Hall 2, Kings Place — 90 York Way, London, United Kingdom
- Tickets: Adults: £9.50 | Children: £9.50 | Concession: £9.50 — Tickets can be purchased online
Event Details
This ELISION programme includes texts and readings by the Chinese poet Yang Lian, the brilliant Australian vocalist Deborah Kayser and a major work by Liza Lim entitled The Quickening. This piece for qin and voice was commissioned by the Festival d'Automne of Paris and together with the cello solo Spirit Weapons explores notions of geomancy, Chinese calligraphy and the afterlife.
Featured non-Australian music: Michael Finnissy and Jeroen Speak
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured Australian Works
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| Spirit weapons I : for solo cello (1999) by Liza Lim |
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| The quickening : For soprano and qin (2005) by Liza Lim — performed by Deborah Kayser |
| unsaying for voice and violoncello (2010) by Newton Armstrong |
Featured artists
- New work by Newton Armstrong
- Performer Elision Ensemble
- Performer Deborah Kayser
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