EUROPE & UK TOUR 2026
Ensemble Offspring heads to Europe & the UK to present new Australian music written especially for us. Come see us in Amsterdam, London, Edinburgh, Cromarty, Aberdeen and Glasgow!
DETAILS
THURSDAY 16 APRIL 8pm, Muziekgebouw, AMSTERDAMTHURSDAY 23 APRIL 6:30PM, LONDONSATURDAY 25 APRIL 8PM, FRUITMARKET GALLERY, EDINBURGHSUNDAY 26 APRIL 7PM, THE STABLES, CROMARTYMONDAY 27 APRIL 6PM, ANATOMY ROOMS, ABERDEENTUESDAY 28 APRIL 8PM, CIVIC HOUSE, GLASGOW
Ensemble Offspring’s 2026 Europe and UK Tour showcases a bold cross-section of new Australian and international music. The program features world premieres by Felicity Wilcox, Alice Chance and Matthew Whiteside, highlighting the ensemble’s commitment to boundary-pushing contemporary voices. In London, Ensemble Offspring joins forces with string band, Ruthless Jabiru for a powerful new collaboration, while a Scottish tour with The Night With… expands the reach of new Australian and First Nations chamber music. The tour begins in Amsterdam with the premiere of a major new percussion concerto by Kate Moore, written for Claire Edwardes and performed with Holland's foremost new music enemble, Het Muziek, affirming the ensemble’s global artistic impact.
Het Muziek Program
Ivan Vukosavljević - Dead in Love (2025)
Kate Moore - New work* (2025)
* World Premiere
Ruthless Jabiru Program
Brenda Gifford – Bardju (Footprints) (2017)
Nardi Simpson - Of Stars and Birds (2020)
Robert Davidson – Kookaburra Riff (from Bird Riffs) (2024)
Robert Davidson – Raven Riff (from Bird Riffs) (2024)
Gerard Brophy - Hummingbirds (from Beautiful Birds) (2019)
Brenda Gifford - Biwaawa (2023)
Florence Maunders - Not Getting Out (2020)
Holly Harrison - Black Ice (2021)
Errollyn Wallen - Kosmos (II) (2018)
Thierry Pécou - Rorqual (2013)
The Night With… Tour Program
Brenda Gifford - Mungala (Clouds) (2018)
Nardi Simpson - Of Stars and Birds (2020)
Robert Davidson – Kookaburra Riff (from Bird Riffs) (2024)
Robert Davidson – Magpie Riff (from Bird Riffs) (2024)
Robert Davidson – Raven Riff (from Bird Riffs) (2024)
Caitlin Yeo - A Tawny Tale (2025)
Felicity Wilcox - call and (a) response* (2026)
Julia Potter - When It's All Gone (2023)
Hollis Taylor & Jon Rose - Bitter Springs Creek (2019)
Alice Chance - Crimson Rosella* (2026)
Matthew Whiteside - Beneath the Surface* (2026)
* World Premiere
PERFORMERS
Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)
Lamorna Nightingale (flutes)
Jason Noble (clarinets)
Louise McMonagle (cello)
Het Muziek (Amsterdam)
Ruthless Jabiru (London)
“The experience is totally immersive yet gently, rather than boldly, persuasive.”
“This is an ensemble of Australia’s finest musicians performing innovative, relevant and engaging new music that bursts with imagination, energy and inspiration.”
“Yet the charm of the song of birds...mingled with music in seven recent Australian pieces, did not fail. Most magical was Hollis Taylor and Jon Rose’s Bitter Springs Creek 2014”
“...the musicians joined the contrapuntal web, matching the avian virtuosity with their own”
