ELISION Ensemble AXIS MUNDI

AXIS MUNDI: spectacular sonic imaginations.

ELISION presents a major concert of new music followed by a special late night event delivering a second version of Bryn Harrison’s Double Laybrinth after Richard Dunn. This unique and fragile realisation involves seven instrumentalists, and the magic of the cembalom! Hypnotic, gentle swirling lines of sound infuse rich timbre and patterns.

Liza Lim’s Axis Mundi understands the bassoon as a singing tree with the breath of the musician travelling hidden pathways through the knotted grain of the instrument. Breath and the movement of air informs much of this program; from Julio Estrada to the eruptive and commanding visceral Ciacco of John Rodgers.

This concert experience features two parts:

7pm – 8.30pm: Axis Mundi
9pm – 9.30pm: Special Post-Concert Show

Friday 18 July 2025 – 7:00pm

Duration: 2 hours 30 mins (incl. interval & post-concert show). Please note, running times are approximate and subject to change.

Tickets: Standard $55 ($45 Concession) Please note, seating in the Primrose Potter Salon is General Admission.

Paula Rae flutes
Richard Haynes clarinets
Joshua Hyde saxophones
Ben Roidl-Ward bassoon
Tristram Williams trumpets
Benjamin Marks trombone
Aditya Bhat percussion
Peter Neville percussion
Marshall McGuire harp
Harry Ward violin
Kathryn Schulmeister contrabass
Peter Neville conductor
Alistair McLean sound engineer
Daryl Buckley artistic director ELISION

Program

Charlie Sdraulig  Air (2025) for flute/alto/bass, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, violins, contrabass

Liza Lim  Axis Mundi (2012-13) for solo bassoon

Julio Estrada  yuunohui’ehecatl’ nahui (1985-2012)  for trumpet, trombone, bassoon, contrabass

Brenda Gifford  Wanggadhi (2025) for saxophone, trumpet, trombone, contrabass

John Rodgers  Ciacco (1999)  for solo bass clarinet

Victor Arul  Barrelled space (2025) for bass clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, trombone, percussion, contrabass

Post Concert Show Bryn Harrison
Double Labyrinth v2 (2025) for alto and bass flute, clarinet d’amore, clarinet in A, flugelhorn, harp, percussion, violin