Event Series:
Metropolis
MSO Metropolis: Composing Australia Night Two
April 17 @ 7:30 pm - 8:40 pm
$20 – $55Squids, spiders and an orchestra in full flightLiza Lim’s Sappho/bioluminescence makes expressive bedfellows of a squid that camouflages itself by glowing like the night sky, Sappho’s poetry and luminous instruments.
Peggy Polias’ Arachne references the Greek myth of a weaver woman turned into a spider and there are pages of her score where the music is literally represented by knotted strings.
William Barton and Matthew Hindson’s Kalkadunga has become a modern classic melding the propulsive energies of Barton’s yidaki (didgeridoo) with an orchestra in full flight.
Duration: approx. 70 minutes, no interval
Program
Liza Lim Sappho/Bioluminescence
Peggy Polias Arachne
William Barton & Matthew Hindson Kalkadungu
Featuring
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Northey conductor / curator
Liza Lim* curator
William Barton yidaki (didgeridoo)
*2025 Composer in Residence
Thursday 17 April 7:30pm
Melbourne Recital Centre
Tickets One Reserve
Standard $55 / Concession $50; Child (under 18) $20