Event
Seymour Nights | Ensemble Offspring - Adrift
- Date: Saturday, 19 June 2021, 8pm
- Venue: The Sound Lounge — Seymour Theatre Centre, Cnr City Rd and Cleveland St, Chippendale, NSW
- Series: This event is part of the Seymour Nights 2021 series
- Tickets: Adults: $25 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (02) 9061 5344
Event Details
A night of intimate bowed strings presented in association with Seymour Nights. Immerse yourself in the resonant glow of Kirsty McCahon’s double bass and Véronique Serret’s rare 6-string electric violin.
Set 1: Kirsty McCahon (double bass) with Virginia Comerford (viola)
Kirsty McCahon (double bass) presents a stunning set that transports listeners from the earth, up to birdsong in full flight, before resting back down to the ground while clinging to a sense of timelessness. Beginning with a handful of achingly beautiful Baroque vocal duets and canons, lines that move and weave through each other, voices playing and dancing to pied butcher bird musings from Hollis Taylor to the hauntingly beautiful yet edgy tones of the 6 string violone and finally a coda from Elena Kats-Chernin which literally swells and then drifts away to nothing.
Program:
Bach/Palestrina/Locatelli - Duo’s (double bass and viola duets) 10’
Hollis Taylor - Banana Paper (solo bass and tape) 5'
Kate Moore - Icarus (solo bass) 4'
Improvisation on a theme of Francesca Caccinni (violone solo with tape) 4'
Elena Kats-Chernin - Adrift (bass and viola duet) 6'
Set 2: Véronique Serret (6 string electric violin)
Véronique Serret (violin) struts her stuff on the 6 string electric violin, an unusual and endlessly rich instrument she has been developing a repertoire for over the last few years. In this special set she brings us three of her own new works alongside Berlin based Cathy Milliken's heart wrenching Crie which features Véronique as vocalist and violinist. Brisbane composer Chris Perren's A Stolen Satellite, creates swirling rhythmic loops providing layers over which the live violin soars.
Program:
Véronique Serret - Bush Mujik, Watercolour, Runs Deep 12’
Cathy Milliken - Crie 8’
Chris Perren - A Stolen Satellite 10’
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured Australian Works
Adrift Variation : viola and double bass duo (2021) by Elena Kats-Chernin — World premiere — performed by Kirsty McCahon and Virginia Comerford | |
A Stolen Satellite (violin with live electronics) (2015) by Chris Perren — performed by Veronique Serret | |
Banana paper (solo double bass) by Hollis Taylor — performed by Kirsty McCahon | |
Crie : violin solo (2018) by Cathy Milliken — performed by Veronique Serret | |
Icarus Song (solo double bass) by Kate Moore — performed by Kirsty McCahon |
Featured artists
- Performer Kirsty McCahon
- Performer Veronique Serret
- Performer Virginia Comerford
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