Heartfire

  • Classical Music
  • Utzon Room

Flames, ice, soul, sacrifice. World premiere chamber music.

Hourglass Ensemble proudly premieres The Fire Always Says Yes, a powerful new song cycle by composer Anna Hirst Friedman in collaboration with poet Jessica Chapnik Kahn. This bold work explores the story of the human heart, traversing the inevitable process of facing ourselves through birth, love, death, and transformation.

Set within a striking musical landscape, the work evokes a perpetual fire that consumes the past and purifies what lies ahead. Special guest artist Amy Moore delivers a spellbinding interpretation of this deeply emotional story where the poetry strikes the spark and the music becomes the blaze.

Are you ready to listen to the language of the heart?

What is your secret fire?

What does your heart long to hear?

When the heart speaks, the fire answers.

Presented by Hourglass Ensemble

Event details

…a varied and highly enjoyable programme.

Limelight Magazine

Program

Franz Schubert
Shepherd On The Rock

Anna Hirst Friedman
The Heart Always Says Yes (world premiere)

Robert Davidson
Three Bird Riffs

Robert Davidson
new work (world premiere)

Ollie Muller
Petrie Creek Road (world premiere)

Amanda Harberg
Court Dances

Artists

Amy Moore
Soprano

Andrew Kennedy
Clarinets/artistic director

Anna Rutkowska-Schock
Piano

Ewa Kowalski
Flutes

Rafael Salgado
French Horn

Kate Moloney
Harp

Jack Ward
Cello

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Attending this event

Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Utzon Room

The Utzon Room is located on the Eastern side of the Opera House, in front of the Joan Sutherland Theatre. Best accessed through the Box Office Foyer or the Covered Concourse. All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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