ELISION – Ghosts Making Form
Prodigious virtuosity, strange insatiable vitality…turns it to eleven.
These performances bring to the stage new work from composers Liza Lim, Victor Arul, Cat Hope, Einar Torfi Einarsson and Hakan Ulus. Written specifically for the musicians of ELISION their sonorities glitter, constantly transform and shift, embrace the ferocious and the magic of quiet stillness in equal measure. They explore the unusual, bringing instruments together in unexpected ways demonstrating the strength and continuing evolution of contemporary music.
Virtuoso clarinettist Carl Rosman returns to Australia to once again bring his rare brand of formidable performance. He joins an equally remarkable cohort of soloists, Peter Neville and Freya Schack-Arnott. These performances herald a dramatic start to the 40th year of activity for ELISION, a year which sees them play in their home town of Melbourne, Berlin, Hannover, Gothenburg, Den Haag and Sydney.
Artists
Paula Rae flute
Niamh Dell oboe
Carl Rosman clarinets
Ryan Williams recorders
Tristram Williams trumpets
Aditya Bhat percussion
Peter Neville percussion
Alexander Waite piano
Marshall McGuire harp
Freya Schack-Arnott violoncello
Rohan Dasika contrabass
Alistair McLean sound engineer
Daryl Buckley artistic director ELISION
Program
Part one
Liza Lim
Ghosts make form (2024) for violoncello and piano
Ming Qi (2000) for oboe and percussion
Einar Torfi Einarsson
Zone of proximity: (and the weakly interacting particles) (2023) for recorder/violoncello (World Premiere)
Victor Arul
Felted Ether (2023) for oboe, clarinet, trumpet and piano
Part two
Liza Lim
Magnificat (2025) for solo percussion (World Premiere)
John Rodgers
Amor (1999) for flute and oboe
Milica Djordjević
Treperenje, studija I (2023) for solo contrabass clarinet 8’
Cat Hope
Goddess (2025) for harp, tam-tam, contrabass
Special event
Aaron Cassidy
27. Juni 2009 (2021) for Eb clarinet
Mary Bellamy
transference (2010) solo cello
Julio Estrada
yunnohui‘ehecatl’ tlapoa for clavichord, recorders, clarinet and flugelhorn
This concert experience features two parts:
7pm – 8.30pm: Ghosts Making Form
9pm – 9.30pm: Special Post-Concert Show
Friday 20 February 2026 – 7:00pm
Duration: 2 hours 30 mins (incl. interval and post-concert show). Please note, running times are approximate and subject to change.
MRC Primrose Potter Salon
Tickets: Standard $55 ($45 Concession)
Please note, seating in the Primrose Potter Salon is General Admission.