And now for something new
NEW music by Tasmanian composers will be performed at a concert in North Hobart on Saturday night.
The program at The Friends’ School will begin with timpanist Matt Goddard playing Diaphonous Nebulosities by Scott McIntyre, who aims to suspend time and a sense of place in this work.
Lullaby for Callum was written by Simon Reade for his son, and is the second in a series of three lullabies by the composer. It will be performed by cellist Greg Woodward on Saturday.
Don Kay’s Milestone Tribute will be performed by alto saxophonist Benjamin Price and pianist Michael Kieran Harvey. It was one of 50 short compositions commissioned to mark the achievement in support of Australian composers over 50 years.
Etude for Trumpet in C and Piano, by Michael Kieran Harvey, will be performed by Simon Reade on trumpet and Kieran Harvey on piano. This piece was also dedicated to the composer’s son, trumpeter Raphael Harvey. The work includes two dance-like passages, which frame LatinAmerican style music and are followed by a muted jazz trumpet section and requires virtuoso technique.
Tom Vincent’s Piano Quartet will be performed by Kieran Harvey, violinist Tara Murphy, violist Emily Sheppard and cellist Greg Woodward. It features three contrasting sections titled Stroll, Amsterdam Noord and Yachting with Jean.
Reade will perform his work Lullaby for Elliott on trumpet. It is the third in his series of lullabies for his sons and references and pays tribute to American composer Elliott Carter.
Interpolationen by Simon Barber, which will be performed by Kieran Harvey, features a series of variations on succeeding bars and fuses pulse, rhythm and beat.
Kieran Harvey will also perform his own work Module Fugue, a contemplation on the three notes E, F and B to suggest an ambiguous harmonic world and features a series of independent melodic, rhythmic and harmonic modules.
The final piece, Slave Pianos, Dissonant Continents by Neil Kelly, will be performed by Kieran Harvey and actor Richard Piper with technological input. It is the third part of the larger work Moscow Stations.
The concert is at The Friends’ School’s Farrall Centre from 7.30pm on Saturday. Tickets are $25 for adults, $15 concession and $5 for students, available at the door.