Omega Ensemble presents Three Quartets of Time, Mortality and Eternity, featuring the music of Schubert, Barber and Messiaen. Death and music have always made an unlikely couple, but perhaps no two composers have directly reflected on their own mortality more than Schubert and Messiaen. Written and premiered in the dead of winter whilst Messiaen was a…
Summer Winds- from Beethoven to Ravel The Omega Ensemble – Sally Walker- flute/ David Rowden-clarinet/ Michael Dixon – French horn/ Ben Hoadley- bassoon/ Celia Craig -oboe 25 February, 2018 The Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House Written by Victoria Watson The view of the harbour from the Utzon Room set the dramatic scene for this Sunday afternoon…
Omega Ensemble sets sail in a discovery of the mystical and mythical, celebrating all things woodwind in Summer Winds: From Beethoven to Ravel. The programme includes Debussy’s virtuosic Syrinx for Solo Flute, Beethoven’s Duo for Bassoon and Clarinet and a striking woodwind arrangement of Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, a deeply personal homage to friends he lost during…