Join MYRIAD for one of their most ambitious undertakings yet.
The program features no less than seven world premieres from Australian composers.
In the second half, you'll be treated to a rare performance of George Antheil's 1952 revision of his Ballet Mécanique, performed alongside a screening of the 1924 DADA masterpiece art film of the same name (by Fernand Léger and Dudley Murphy). You can expect large electric bells, xylophones en masse, airplane propellors and other peculiar sonorities that are sure to delight.
PROGRAM
*Denotes world premiere
Erik GRISWOLD: Simple Addition
Bryn RENARD: Echo / Change*
Georgina PALMER: Woodland Dances*
Arie MADDEN WELTI: Peppy Pace Parade*
Karmen DREZINS: Haoss līdz Klusuma*
Todd ROBINSON: Wind Waves, Capillary Waves*
Hayden TAYLOR: Music for 5 Percussionists and Annihilation*
~INTERVAL~
Robert COSSOM: Nocturnes*
8. Vespers
10. and dreaming through the twilight
12. as silently as comes the dark
George ANTHEIL: Ballet Mécanique (1952)