Transfigured Night

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From 1912, sunny and uncomplicated Alfred Hill in the style of Brahms and of Grieg followed by sickly and Daedalian Schoenberg in the style of nothing hitherto dreamt of. World-renowned Australian singer/actor Jessica Aszodi is the moon-mad clown (and she also sings in a new work by the ensemble’s musical director, Jack Symonds, which is the 2020 John Bishop Memorial Commission). Schoenberg’s voluptuous tone poem from 1899 will send you swooning into the night.

ARTISTS

Jack Symonds, piano & conductor
Jessica Aszodi, soprano & Sprechstimme
Geoffrey Collins, flutes
John Gaden, poetry
Jason Noble, clarinets
James Wannan, violin & viola
Blair Harris, cello
Australian String Quartet

PROGRAM

Alfred Hill (1869-1960): String Quartet No. 3 in A minor 'The Carnival' (1912)

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): Pierrot lunaire Op. 21 (1912)

Interval

Richard Dehmel (1863-1920): Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) (1896)

Jack Symonds (b. 1988): Blühen (2020) (world premiere) 
Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) for string sextet Op. 4 (1899)

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Generously supported by Leading Patron Ulrike Klein AO.

Image Randy Larcombe

Blühen, the new work by Jack Symonds, has been commissioned by the Adelaide Festival and Kim Williams AM as the recipient of the 2020 John Bishop Memorial Commission awarded by the Elder Conservatorium of Music, The University of Adelaide.

 

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