Soundstream Program 2012
To breathe fresh air through closed eyes
Tuesday, 8 May at 8:00pm, Elder Hall, North Terrace
Circle Series – Hanna Kulenty
Thursday, 21 June at 7:30pm, Madley Performance Space, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide
Resonance: Alec Roth and David Kotlowy
Monday, 16 July at 5:30pm, Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, North Terrace, Adelaide
Intriguing Soundscapes – Uhl, Ligeti and Barber
Sunday, 29 July at 2:30pm, Elder Hall, North Terrace
Rite of Spring – Stravinsky, Grabowsky, Finsterer
Friday, 12 October at 7:30pm, Elder Hall, North Terrace
Young Composers’ Award: Finalists’ Concert
Saturday, 13 October at 7:30pm, ABC Studio 520, 85 North East Rd, Collinswood
Unique forms of Continuity in Space
Tuesday, 20 November at 8:00pm, Elder Hall, North Terrace, Adelaide
To breathe fresh air through closed eyes
The two Eschers: Maurits, artist of so-called impossible structures, and his nephew Rudolph, composer and music theoretician, were both fascinated by the symbiosis between mathematics and art. They also suffered the tragic dislocation of war, a theme explored through a world premiere by Charles Bodman Rae exploring the still deserted Jewish villages of Poland following the purges of World War 2. The concert finishes with a Soundstream commission by acclaimed Finnish-Australian composer and violinist Erkki Veltheim, who takes us into an electronically transformed sound world where defined process and improvisation is blurred. This concert is a collaboration with Art and Heritage Collections, University of Adelaide, with a concert presentation by Professor Chris Mortensen, scholar of inconsistent images, and Soundstream Collective.
Tuesday, 8 May at 8:00pm
Elder Hall, North Terrace, Adelaide
This is a free event but numbers are limited and reservations are essential; please make your booking by email to: art.heritage@adelaide.edu.au
Circle Series
Following their acclaimed Brisbane performance, Soundstream Collective presents Hanna Kulenty’s Circles Series (1994-6) to Adelaide and Melbourne audiences. The series represent Kulenty’s self titled ‘European trance music’, her original version of ‘post-minimalist’ style. The result is music of incredible emotional intensity and sheer sonorous impact, reflecting the richness of the composer’s internal life. One recalls Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetic description of music as “feelings transformed into audible landscape.” This concert is a collaboration with the New Music Network and Soundstream Collective.
“I was speechless for some time afterwards, so affecting were the writing and the performance.” Real Time
Thursday, 21 June at 7:30pm – Adelaide
Madley Performance Space, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide
Tickets from www.trybooking.com/BFLA
Adult $30, $20 concession, 14 and under free
Melbourne:
Saturday, 23 June at 6:00pm
The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank
Tickets from www.melbournerecital.com.au
$35, $25 concession
Resonance
Soundstream Collective, in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Architects and Samstag Museum of Art, presents Resonance, an event highlighting the parallel creative processes of architecture and music. Resonance- deriving from the Latin to mean ‘echo’ or the Greek- ‘sound’, needs a resonant space in order to be heard. The role of acoustics is fundamental to understanding a city, and the intimate rhythm of its resonance.
It is this symbiosis between music and architecture that informs the second event in the series, to be held at the Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art. Within this context, John Wardle, architect of the Samstag, will give his personal insight into the design of the building. Highlighting the acoustic qualities of the space, Soundstream Collective will give a unique performance of two premieres: UK composer Alec Roth’s Songs in Time of War with libretto by Vikram Seth, and David Kotlowy’s Lovers. Featuring Robert MacFarlane (tenor), Aleksandr Tsiboulski (guitar), Elizabeth Layton (violin) and Carolyn Burgess (harp).
Monday, 16 July at 5:30pm
Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, North Terrace, Adelaide
Admission by ticket: $10 per person. Space in the Museum is limited and there is a limit on the number of tickets available. To purchase your ticket, please visit www.architecture.com.au/sa or phone (08) 8402 5900.
Intriguing Soundscapes
Soundstream Collective brings together some of Australia’s virtuosi players in a concert featuring wind quintets by Alfred Uhl, György Ligeti and Samuel Barber. All three composers found their voices in this genre in surprisingly different ways. While respecting their 19th century musical ancestry, they distilled out of the turmoil of the 20th century’s socio-political cauldron, innovative, sometimes challenging, but always intriguing soundscapes that have imparted new spirit to the ageless phenomenon of music. Also featuring a world premiere by David Harris, written for the Soundstream Collective.
Sunday, 29 July at 2:30pm
Elder Hall, North Terrace, Adelaide
Tickets from http://www.trybooking.com/BGLR
$30, $20 concession, 14 and under free
Rite of Spring
Paul Grabowsky and Gabriella Smart perform Stravinsky’s own transcription for two pianos of The Rite of Spring. This seminal work has inspired a century of music; this concert is no exception, with two world premieres by Grabowsky and Mary Finsterer.
Friday, 12 October at 7:30pm
Elder Hall, North Terrace, Adelaide
Tickets from www.trybooking.com
$30, $20 concession, 14 and under free
Tickets from http://www.trybooking.com/BGNY
Young Composers’ Award: Finalists’ Concert
The Young Composers’ Award is an initiative by Soundstream to support emerging composers through the creation and performance of new work, to be performed in this prestigious national competition. The works of six selected Australian composers aged 30 years and under will be performed in tonight’s concert by Soundstream Collective. The winners will be awarded commissions to write a new work. There will also be an Audience’s Choice award of $1,500.
Saturday, 13 October at 7:30pm
ABC Studio 520, 85 North East Rd, Collinswood
Tickets at http://www.trybooking.com/BGOB
$30, $20 concession, 14 and under free
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space aims to contribute to the creation of a large and eclectic body of art works, with rich implications for the relationship between music and poetry. A select group of young and talented composers from around the world who participate in the International competition will create compositions for this final performance.
Sponsored by the Italian government and supported by the Australian Italian community, this year Adelaide is host for this International Composers Competition, to be performed by Soundstream Collective.
Tuesday, 20 November at 8:00pm
Elder Hall, North Terrace, Adelaide
Tickets at http://www.trybooking.com/BGNZ
$20, $10 concession, 14 and under free
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