AVANT GARDENS II
This is music in its most relaxed and real setting, a chance to meet the musicians in their natural habitat and connect with art music in a relaxed environment. Featuring clarinet, percussion and piano, the program is a mesmerising mix of pieces with jazz and folk influences.
DETAILS
Saturday 25 March, 5pm, Glebe
Sunday 26 March, 5pm, Woollahra
PROGRAM
Sebastián Tozzola – Paisaje Folclórico No. 2 (2017)
Karen Tanaka – Techno Etudes (selected movements) (2000)
Alice Chance – Mirroring (2021)
Samantha Wolf – Bull in a China Shop (2020)
Nicole Murphy – Dissemble (2020)
Joe Chindamo – Triangolo di pensieri (2023)* commissioned by The Silo Collective
Chick Corea – Children’s Songs (1983, arr. Edwardes, Noble & Kopp, 2023)
* World Premiere
PERFORMERS
Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)
Jason Noble (clarinets)
Benjamin Kopp (piano)
DESCRIPTION
Avant Gardens 2 sees performances in Glebe and Woollahra. Grass roots commissioning fund The Silo Collective generously bring us another world premiere, this time from Melbourne’s Joe Chindamo. Also on the program are Karen Tanaka’s thrillingly fast Techno Etudes, Chick Corea’s much loved Children’s Songs, Alice Chance’s contemplative Mirroring and spellbinding works by Ensemble Offspring’s Noisy Women Commission composers Samantha Wolf and Nicole Murphy.
“The program boasted a lineup made up of a majority of female and Australian composers; out of every performance I’ve reviewed so far, only Ensemble Offspring and Backstage Music (a project from EO’s flautist Lamorna Nightingale) have met this bar.”
“...a beautiful showcase of the possibilities of the instrument, especially when in the hands of Jason Noble.”
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Ensemble Offspring is assisted by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
