FREE live Classical music Program at the NSW Art Gallery.
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Come and join us for :
-A Musical evening where art and thought of Vasily Kandinsky are intertwined
Settle in for some sensorially rich evenings at the Art Gallery of New South Wales this summer with a free program of performances celebrating the importance of music to the art and thought of Vasily Kandinsky.
Location: Kaldor Hall, ground level
Free, no bookings required
Hear Ensemble Offspring musicians Claire Edwardes (percussion), Niki Johnson, (percussion), Sonya Lifschitz (piano), Jason Noble (clarinets) and Alexandra Osborne (violin) perform key works that investigate the blending of colour and sound by composers Alice Chance, George Crumb, Gyorgy Ligeti, Oliver Messiaen and William Gardiner.
Order of performance:
- Alice Chance ‘Colourburst’ (2023)
- George Crumb ‘Makrokosmos, volume 1’ (1962)
- Olivier Messiaen ‘Abyss of the birds’ (1940–41)
- Gyorgy Ligeti ‘Continuum’ (arranged for two marimbas) (1968)
- William Gardiner ‘Hebbian theory’ (2014)
Meeting time :
Wednesday 10 January 2024 from 7.30–8.30pm
