Event
Australia Ensemble - Schubert's Octet / Grandison's Riffraction
- Date: Saturday, 19 August 2017, 8pm
- Venue: Sir John Clancy Auditorium — University of New South Wales, Gate 9, High Street, Kensington, NSW
- Series: This event is part of the Australia Ensemble - Season 2017 - Voyages series
- Tickets: Adult: $50 | Senior: $38 | Concession: $30 | Student Rsuh: $15
Event Details
Schubert’s Octet is irresistible chamber music written on a vast scale. A rich and colourful instrumental palette helps sustain a broad structure which is an offshoot of the eighteenth century serenade tradition and realised with unmistakable Schubertian inflections. In contrast, the rest of the program explores exquisite, smaller-scale structures with Roussel’s compact and enchanting Divertissement for winds and piano, as well as the impressionistic delights of English composer Madeline Dring’s Trio. We are proud to feature the performance of Mark Grandison’s Blakeman Prize-winning work Riffraction in this program. This new artistic initiative was the creation of musical patron Jonathan Blakeman, for which the Australia Ensemble is proud to be a partner.
Program
Albert Roussel (1869-1937): Divertissement (1906) for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano
Madeleine Dring (1923-1977): Trio (1968) for flute, oboe and piano
Mark Grandison (b 1965): Riffraction (2007) for clarinet, strings and piano, 2016 Winner of the Blakeman National Composition Prize UNSW
Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Octet in F major D803 (1824)
Featured non-Australian music: Roussel, Dring, Schubert
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (02) 9385 4874 or by email to australia.ensemble@unsw.edu.au
Featured Australian Works
| Riffraction : for clarinet, string quartet and piano (2007) by Mark Grandison — performed by Australia Ensemble |
Featured artists
- Performer Australia Ensemble
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