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Souvenirs of Home Hourglass Ensemble

10 August 2025

In the Utzon Room

Classical Music

A variety of sublime, dynamic, and nostalgic chamber music from Australia, Germany, America, and Brazil, evoking sensations and stories of time, beauty, grief, and peace.

…a varied and highly enjoyable programme.

Limelight Magazine

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Chamber music invoking memories of home.

Australians have a severe case of the travel bug, wanderlust, a searching spirit… but the most precious things are those we long for from home, when we find ourselves in distant lands. 

Firstly, our TRAVELS in two of the greatest masterpieces of chamber music, from trips to Germany and the USA the mighty, endless, autumnal clarinet trio of Brahms, and the quirky, athletic dynamism of Telephone Book by American Michael Torke. 

And in this magical program, our HOME exciting contemporary works from Brazil, and from brilliant young Australian composers Greenaway, Chance, and Muller, exploring the emotionally explosive sonorities from piano trio to breathless flute choir. 

PROGRAM 
Johannes Brahms - Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano
Sally Greenaway – Piano Trio “Le Parc Monceau”
Michael Torke – Telephone Book
Alice Chance - Inhalations
Heitor Villa-Lobos – Jet Whistle
Oliver Muller - Petrie Creek Road (world premiere*) for flute, clarinet, and piano
Amanda Harberg – Court Dances

Presented by Hourglass Ensemble

Artists

Ewa Kowalski
Flutes

Andrew Kennedy
Clarinets/artistic director

Anna Rutkowska
Piano

Dan Russell
Violin

Robert Jackson
Cello

Oliver Muller
Composer

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