Event
Saxophone concerto world premiere - EXOPLANET
- Date: Sunday, 22 October 2023, 2.30pm
- Venue: Mosman Art Gallery and Community Centre — Cnr Art Gallery Way and Myahgah Rd, Mosman, NSW
- Tickets: Adults: $35-45 | Children: $10 | Concession: $20 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on 0438 787 338
Event Details
Exoplanet is a work that explores the epic scale and sense of wonder inherent in mankind’s search of extreme landscapes of the cosmos. The capabilities of the technology astronomers are developing to demystify the unknown depths of space is evolving exponentially. In this spirit of discovery and innovation, the saxophone is extended throughout the work to create musical sounds and textures both familiar and alien. This concerto makes a speculative and fantastic interpretation of what might be out there; uncanny worlds bordering the very limits of humankind’s imagination; an ode to the awe and disorienting cosmic insignificance felt when gazing at the night sky. Combined with a world premiere from the unique jazz-stylings of Sydney's Karen Lemon and a zany celebration of life by Kris Spike, Davey's Hoedown, along with an Australian premiere of a famously dazzling flute concertino by Krzysztof Komeda.
Featured non-Australian music: Komeda - Svantetic; Debussy - Premiere Rhapsody; Laurisden arr. Dostal (premiere arrangement) - O Magnum Mysterium; Komeda Svantetic (Aus premiere)
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on 0438 787 338 or by email to drewkennedy@hotmail.com
Featured Australian Works
| Exoplanet (saxophone in chamber ensemble) by Andrew Ball — World premiere — performed by Joanna Drimatis and Hourglass Ensemble | |
| Plus ca Change : New work for flute and harp : New work for flute and harp (2023) by Karen Lemon — World premiere — performed by Joanna Drimatis and Hourglass Ensemble | |
| Davey's Hoedown by Kristofer Spike |
Featured artists
- Performer Hourglass Ensemble
- Conductor Joanna Drimatis
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