Concerts
Upcoming concerts
“Eating Variations”
September 5 with guest artists:
Aaron Barnden – violin
Sharon Draper – cello
Arwen Johnston – percussion
What better way to conclude our year of feasting than to concoct a celebration of all things gastronomical? These gluttons have a sense of humour too – Tower’s ‘Petrouchskates’ is a high-octane burst of Stravinsky gone wild, the baritone inPaterson’s ‘Eating Variations’ muses on cannibalism at MacDonalds (amongst other things), and Maxwell Davies’ ‘Two Glasses of Wine’ (frontignac and shiraz) each end with a polite belch. We wash it all down with a bow to two modern giants, presenting Webern’s seminal arrangement of Schöenberg’s First Chamber Symphony.
Tower- ‘Petrouchskates’
Maxwell Davies – Two Glasses of Wine
Abbott – New commissioned work
Paterson – Eating Variations
Schönberg (arr. Webern) – Chamber Symphony No.1, Op.11
Tickets $25, concession $18
Guildford Lane Gallery
20-24 Guildford Lane, Melbourne
Past Events
Syzygy Ensemble at the Winter in Banyule arts festival
“Metaphysical Morsels”
August 15th 2010
Join Syzygy for an evening of contemporary classical music performed by Leigh Harrold (piano), Laila Engle (flutes) and Julia Stoppa (clarinets). Music of our time that evokes the emotional turmoil of other ages, other places and even other dimensions. Prepare to be moved.
Date: Sunday August 15th
This event has been kindly supported by Banyule City Council
March 28 with guest soprano Greta Bradman
“Cornbread and Coca-Cola”
We commence our inaugural concert series with two masterpieces of the 20th Century. George Crumb’s haunting ‘Apparition’ sees the pianist excavating sounds from inside the piano and out, while Robert Beaser’s epic ‘Variations’ for flute and piano demands no less than limitless stamina and stylistic invention from its two players. This meaty exploration of all things American is complemented by tiny but exquisite tidbits from Aaron Copland and John Corigliano.
Crumb – ‘Apparition’ for prepared piano and soprano
Corigliano – 3 Irish Folk Song Settings for flute and soprano
Copland – ‘As it fell upon a day’ for clarinet and flute
Carter – Esprit Rude, Esprit Doux
Beaser – Variations for flute and piano
Beaser – ‘Old men admiring themselves in the water’ for flute and piano
June 13th-
“Metaphysical Morsels”
Come see how music of our time can evoke emotional turmoil of other ages, other places and even other dimensions. Hindemith’s Bassoon Sonata conjures up a lost world of medieval innoncence and introspection – a world smashed to pieces by the angry, defiant death-dances of Jolivet and Hindson. Abbott and Broadstock’s contemplative, optimistic musings on the afterlife offer us a way forward. This is music that is alternatively good and rotten to its core, plumbing the rawest facets of the human condition. Prepare to be moved.
Broadstock – ‘All that is solid melts into air’ for alto flute, bass clarinet and piano
Jolivet – ‘Chant de Linos’ for flute and piano
Hindemith – Sonata for bassoon (tr. bass clarinet) and piano
Abbott – ‘Making Angels’ for flute, clarinet and piano
Jolivet – Sonatine for flute and clarinet
Hindson- ‘Death Stench’ for amplified flute, amplified clarinet and piano
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.