ROAD TRIP
MELBOURNE FESTIVAL AND MONASH UNIVERSITY
ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS PRESENT
AURORA ORCHESTRA
UK | CLASSICAL MUSIC
AURORA ORCHESTRA
MONASH UNIVERSITY,
ROBERT BLACKWOOD HALL
Sun 26 Oct at 7pm
2 hrs with interval
A Reserve $59 / $49
B Reserve $49 / $39
Students $25
Transaction fees may apply
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AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
WITH KATIE NOONAN
& ALLAN CLAYTON
CONDUCTED BY
NICHOLAS COLLON
Inspired by the ghost of Jack
Kerouac, Road Trip is a free-flowing,
folk-tinged tour through the dusty
backroads and sweeping plains of
America – as seen by some of its
greatest composers.
Drifting west to east, from the
restless rushes of John Adams’s
Chamber Symphony to the gentle
lushness of Copland’s Appalachian
Spring, Road Trip surveys an oftoverlooked edge of the classical
world, where the modern arrived so
fast it swept all tradition before it.
The timeless works are set against
songs by Paul Simon and Stephen
Sondheim, along with newly
commissioned folk arrangements
from Nico Muhly.
Featuring our very own Katie
Noonan as a guest vocalist, Road
Trip is a sonic venture beneath the
skies, toward a distant horizon.
Samuel Barber Excursions
John Adams Chamber Symphony
Aaron Copland Appalachian
Spring
Repertoire also includes songs by
Stephen Sondheim, Samuel Barber,
Nico Muhly and Katie Noonan.
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