Keith Saunders
Chamber Music
Australia
Jerusalem
Quartet
Presented by Melbourne International Arts Festival in association
with Chamber Music Australia
Presented by Musica Viva in association
with Melbourne International Arts Festival
Chamber Music Australia (CMA) returns to Melbourne
Festival with two concerts celebrating contemporary
music. Combining forces with the acclaimed Schönberg
Ensemble from Amsterdam, CMA has gathered a selection
of Melbourne’s brightest musicians to present a remarkable
and unique collaboration
‘Musical electricity may be unfathomable, but one thing
is for sure – the Jerusalem Quartet has it.’ The Strad
On Saturday 11 October, CMA presents a program devised by artistic
director Marco van Pagee. Featuring works by M Feldman, Nigel Westlake
and György Ligeti, professional and student musicians from the Victorian
College of the Arts will work together as one.
On Sunday 12 October, CMA is joined by members of the internationally
renowned Schönberg Ensemble in a special intimate concert. Conducted by
Reinbert de Leeuw and featuring soprano Barbara Hannigan, the combined
ensemble of performers includes students from the Australian National
Academy of Music. Australia’s Dean Newcomb leads the ensemble with
Westlake’s Invocations for bass clarinet and chamber orchestra, while Louis
Andriessen’s Dances and the Australian premiere of Mayke Nas’ To Hell!
round out this exciting series at BMW Edge.
Federation Square, BMW Edge
Sat 11 Oct at 7pm
1hr no interval
Sun Oct 12 at 7pm
Featuring The Schönberg Ensemble
& Barbara Hannigan
1hr no interval
Full
Groups (8+)
Conc
MF-Y
$30 (