Event
The Oracle
- Date: Wednesday, 3 June 2026, 6:30pm
- Venue: The Neilson, ACO — Pier 2/3, 13 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay, NSW
- Tickets: Adults: 75 | Concession: 65 | Students: 35 — Tickets can be purchased online
Event Details
Led by Dutch based American conductor Clark Rundell, this concert will feature Ensemble Offspring’s expanded 14-piece sinfonietta-sized ensemble. We will be premiering two of Kate Moore's works, written specifically for Ensemble Offspring. The first is titled Rose of roses, flower of flowers, first heard in New York in 2025 and now presented in Australia to celebrate the 70th birthday of its commissioner, Mark Wakely, and the second a highly anticipated percussion concerto written for and performed by Claire Edwardes!
PROGRAM
CHRISTOPHER CERRONE How to Breathe Underwater (2011)
TOBIAS BROSTRÖM Dream Variations** (2011)
TANSY DAVIES Lost Science**▴ (2024)
KATE MOORE Rose of roses, flower of flowers**† (2025)
KATE MOORE Storm Oratory(Percussion Concerto)**‡ (2026)
** Australian Premiere
▴ Ensemble Offspring co-commission with generous support from Charles Davidson
† Ensemble Offspring commission with generous support from Mark Wakely on the occasion of his 70th birthday
‡ Ensemble Offspring co-commission with generous support from the Keir Foundation and Geoff Stern
Lost Science is a co-commission between Ensemble Offspring, Red Note Ensemble (Scotland), Sound Scotland and Crash Ensemble (Ireland).
Kate Moore’s Percussion Concerto is a co-commission between Ensemble Offspring and Muziekgebouw (Amsterdam).
Concert Duration: 100 minutes including interval
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
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