Event
The Ashes
- Date: Tuesday, 16 March 2021, 6pm
- Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Primrose Potter Salon — Cnr Southbank Blvd & Sturt St, Southbank, VIC
- Tickets: Adults: $40 | Concession: $29 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (03) 9699 3333
Event Details
Sporting history is full of intense rivalries. This competitive spirit is most apparent in The Ashes Test cricket series between England and Australia. Ever since English cricket ‘died at the oval’ (The Sporting Times) following Australia’s epic victory in 1882, resulting in a ridiculous mock obituary and the creation of the mythic urn, (most likely holding the ashes of a cricket ball), Aussies have leapt at the prospect of beating the Brits again. Igniting the same atmosphere of one-upmanship, Nexas Quartet performs some of the best British compositions for saxophone quartet head-to-head with stellar new works by Australian composers. If cricket is anything to go by, this high-energy concert could quickly become the stuff of legend.
Program
Brenton Broadstock - Safe Haven
Lyle Chan - In medias res
Tim Dargaville - Kolam
Richard Rodney Bennett - Quartet
Ian Wilson - So Softly
Will Gregory - Lost Bronze
Gerard Brophy - Apollogy
Featured non-Australian music: Richard Rodney Bennett, Ian Wilson, Will Gregory
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured Australian Works
| Apollogy : for saxophone quartet (2002) by Gerard Brophy — performed by Nexas Saxophone Quartet |
| In medias res : saxophone quartet by Lyle Chan — performed by Nexas Saxophone Quartet | |
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| Kolam : for saxophone quartet (2012) by Tim Dargaville — performed by Nexas Saxophone Quartet |
| Safe haven : saxophone quartet by Brenton Broadstock — performed by Nexas Saxophone Quartet |
Featured artists
- Performer Nexas Saxophone Quartet
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