Heartfire

  • Classical Music
  • Utzon Room

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

Special Under 30s Offer: $30 tickets + booking fee.

Join Hourglass for Schubert’s magical mini-opera, Shepherd On the Rock, a playful game of echoes between soprano and clarinet, their songs of deep longing soaring over the peaks and valleys of Austria!

The Hourglass Ensemble also proudly premieres three Australian commissions - Leaf, by Rob Davidson of Brisbane, Petrie Creek Road by Oliver Muller of Melbourne, and Sydney’s own Anna Hirst-Friedman with The Fire Always Says Yes.

The Fire is a powerful new song cycle exploring the journey of the human heart, with libretto by homegrown poet Jessica Chapnik Kahn. This bold work traverses the inevitable process of burning, rebuilding, and transforming ourselves through birth, love, loss, and death.

Set within a sweeping sonic landscape, the work evokes the never-ending fire that consumes the past and purifies what lies ahead.

Special guest artist Amy Moore of the Song Company delivers a spellbinding interpretation of this deeply emotional story where the poetry strikes a spark and the music becomes the blaze.

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

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)

Gilad Cohen
Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello, and Ruminating harp (Australian 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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