In their May programme, the Australia Ensemble@ UNSW performs music that is surreal, celebratory and experimental. In a spectacular opening to the program, flautist Geoffrey Collins is joined by two dancers in a newly choreographed version of Thea Musgrave’s Narcissus for solo flute and digital delay. Here both musician and dancer play delightfully with ideas of reflections and…
Raising Sparks The Australia Ensemble John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, March 14, 2015 Raising Sparks was the first subscription concert by the Australia Ensemble for 2015. This was a delightful presentation of 20th century chamber music was performed by core members, Dimity Hall and Dene Olding (violins), Irina Morozova (viola), Julian Smiles…
The Australia Ensemble ends its 2014 season with the music of Anton Rubinstein and Franz Schubert, bringing to a close a year of exceptional performances. The ensemble, resident at the University of New South Wales, comprises violinists Dene Olding and Dimity Hall, violist Irina Morozova, cellist Julian Smiles, flautist Geoffrey Collins, clarinetist Catherine McCorkill and pianist…