In light of continuing policy statements and advice from both Federal and State Governments, Montsalvat have made the decision to cancel this concert with Ensemble Offspring on May 23rd due to public health concerns with the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Our performers and patrons' health and wellbeing are of paramount importance to Montsalvat therefore we are taking the necessary precautions to protect the wellbeing of our community, which is our number one priority.
All ticket purchases for this event will be automatically refunded to the point of purchase.
We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and disappointment caused by the cancellation.
Experience an intimate performance celebrating Ensemble Offspring’s 25th birthday featuring an array of original chamber works by nature’s own composers – butcherbirds, blackbirds, lorikeets and leafcutter ants, frogs and flamingos – as the sun goes down.
With a little help from eight Australian composers and three of Ensemble Offspring’s very own instrumentalists, their familiar calls and songs morph into surprising and beguiling chamber jewels for flute, clarinet and vibraphone. All seven works have been written by some of Australia’s leading composers especially for the members of Ensemble Offspring.
After many seasons spent listening and recording in Central Australia, Hollis Taylor brings us the song of the pied butcher bird in Bitter Springs Creek 2014, while Kate Moore takes the liquid melodies of the European blackbird and intertwines alto flute, bass clarinet and vibraphone in an intricate counterpoint. Fiona Loader’s Lorikeet Corroboree is an upbeat, punchy work which weaves the crazy chatter of Australia’s rainbow lorikeets in with some older, ground-dwelling composers, with fragments from Papageno’s magic flute, Vaughan Williams’ the Lark Ascending and the scintillating sound world of Messiaen. Meanwhile Gerard Brophy makes flamingos dance and humming birds buzz in his brand new 3 movement tour-de-force Beautiful Birds.
And don’t miss the return of the otherworldly sounds of the waterphone, live, in its natural habitat.
Barn Gallery, May 23, 2.30pm
Cash bar will be open 45 minutes pre & post concert. Cash and EFT facilities are available.
BOOK YOUR TICKETS
$35 Adult
*$25 Concession
*Concession rates apply to those with a valid health care, seniors health care, pension card or student card
PROGRAM
Kate Moore – Blackbird Song (flute, bass clarinet, vibraphone) (2018) 9.5′
Felicity Wilcox – People of this place (bass clarinet solo) (2016) 5.5′
Fiona Loader – Lorikeet Corroboree (flute, clarinet, vibraphone) (2016) 6.5′
Tristan Coelho – Daybreak (flute, electronics) (2018) 8′
Hollis Taylor/Jon Rose – Bitter Springs Creek 2014 (flute, clarinet, vibraphone, field recording) (2019) 10′
Claire Edwardes – Screechers & Sorrows (waterphone solo) (2019) 8′
Gerard Brophy – Beautiful Birds (flute, bass clarinet, vibraphone) (2019) 13′
PERFORMERS
Claire Edwardes (percussion)
Jason Noble (clarinet/bass clarinet)
Lamorna Nightingale (flutes)