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AURORA ORCHESTRA
INSOMNIA
MELBOURNE FESTIVAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC PRESENTS
AURORA ORCHESTRA
Students $25
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Aurora’s collaboration with Allan Clayton
is supported by the Jerwood Charitable
Foundation.
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AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
TENOR ALLAN CLAYTON
CONDUCTED BY
NICHOLAS COLLON
From Aurora Orchestra comes a
carefully crafted series of works
inhabiting the hazy realm between
sleep and waking.
Aurora conjures the restless
fever dreams and chimeras of the
small hours, calling forth Vivaldi’s
ethereal ‘La Notte’, Benjamin
Britten’s arcing Nocturne and even
a haunting rendition of The Beatles’
‘Blackbird’. Exquisitely designed,
evocatively lit and masterfully
arranged, Insomnia draws you
into a realm where spirits flicker
amongst the darkness and the
forgotten drifts just below the
surface.
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Atmospheric and immersive, and
featuring the masterful vocals
of tenor Allan Clayton, this is
Aurora Orchestra doing what they
do best – bringing brilliant new
interpretations to well loved pieces,
fashioning them into works totally
and unequivocally their own.
Ivor Gurney (arr. Iain Farrington)
Sleep
François Couperin (arr. Thomas
Adès) Les barricades mystérieuses
John Lennon/Paul McCartney
‘Blackbird’
György Ligeti Poème symphonique
(for 100 metronomes)
Antonio Vivaldi Flute concerto in
G minor, ‘La Notte’
Benjamin Britten Nocturne
Brett Dean Pastoral Symphony
Image: Simon Weir
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE,
ELISABETH MURDOCH HALL
Thu 23 Oct at 8pm
2 hrs with interval
A Reserve $59 / $49
B Reserve $49 / $39