Timothy Constable stands in the Concert Hall.

Cocktail Hour with Timothy Constable 1971: In A Silent Way

  • Classical Music
  • Sydney Symphony Orchestra
  • Utzon Room
  • Run time: 60 minutes, no interval Subject to change

Percussionist Timothy Constable presents an eclectic program of music composed in 1971

The early 70s saw a turbulent changing of the cultural guard. 

The deaths of Shostakovich, Louis Armstrong, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin and the disbanding of the Beatles was set against Miles Davis’ jazz/rock fusion revolution and the birth of heavy metal (Black Sabbath) and techno (Kraftwerk). 

Music was moving in a million directions at once, like in Joe Zawinul’s In a Silent Way (made famous by Miles Davis) and André Jolivet’s quixotic Heptade, performed here by Constable and Principal Trumpet David Elton. 

Presented by Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Event details

Program

JOLIVET Heptade 
ZAWINUL In a Silent Way 

Artists

TIMOTHY CONSTABLE percussion 
DAVID ELTON trumpet 
MUSICIANS OF THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

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Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

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Utzon Room

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