Singers and sound artists, Halcyon and austraLYSIS along with freelance interactive sound artist and composer Jon Drummond, bring together the sounds of voice and electroacoustics in From afar… explorations in time, sound and space. Presented by the New Music Network, the conceert features two world premieres and rarely heard works by Morton Feldman, Iannis Xenakis, Jon Drummond, Kaija Saariaho and…
A Sense of Connection is the inaugural collaboration between champions of new music, the vocal ensemble Halcyon and the Acacia Quartet. The concert celebrates a shared passion for new music and the very personal relationships between the ensembles and the composers who wrote the music included in the programme. All the music has been written written in the…
‘Big’ may be ‘beautiful’, but ‘small’ is ‘wonderful’ in Halcyon’s presentation of of their early June concert Small Wonders. Focusing exclusively on works for very small forces, it demands the soloistic talents of each ensemble performer. Halcyon’s Alison Morgan (soprano) and Jenny-Duck Chong (mezzo-soprano) are joined by guest artists cellist Geoffrey Gartner, pianist Jo Allan…