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Love, Australia

Sunday 3 November, 2024

In the Utzon Room

Classical Music

Cherished international music stars Hourglass Ensemble bring you the best Australian compositions from their repertoire over the last decade.

…a varied and highly enjoyable programme. ★★★★

Limelight Magazine

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Bold, brilliant Australian stories painted in stunning music

Dear friends, 

Sydney's own Hourglass Ensemble brings you a 100% home grown feast of stunning chamber works by leading contemporary composers, ranging from the masterful and virtuosic Carl Vine to the stupendous young genre-defying Andrew Ball.

Join us for an expansive journey around our country in one mesmerising afternoon - Gifford's enchanting songs of home, and Sculthorpe's wondrous evocation of sunlight and Kakadu. Harrison's quirky retelling of Alice in Wonderland, to Hindson's exhilarating flight over water. New Australian works describing waking dreams, and deep nostalgia for home - let Hourglass guide you to the inside of our beautiful, special Australian musical voice.

Love, Australia. 

Presented by The Hourglass Ensemble with Artistic Director Andrew Kennedy

Programme

SCULTHORPE  Dream Tracks
VINE   Sonata for Flute and Piano
HARRISON   Lobster Tales and Turtle Soup
GIFFORD  Djana (Talk)
KENNEDY  Botany Bay
HINDSON  Rush (Piano trio)
BALL  Three Dreams in Pulse (Clarinet sonata)

Artist Info

Flutes    Ewa Kowalski
Clarinets  Andrew Kennedy
Violin    Alexandra Osborne
Cello    Eleanor Streatfeild
Percussion  Tim Brigden
Piano    Anna Rutkowska-Schock

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