Sona Eterna
A performance inspired by nightshifts.
Buxton Contemporary, 2023
Directed by Joseph Lallo
Performed by students of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Photography by Emma Byrnes, Video by Takeshi Konda
Program
Full circle, Text by Lisa Summit, Sounds by the Sona Eterna Curatorial Team*, for whispered voices
Dark Chatter, Alice Chance*, for mixed Ensemble
Spiegel im Spiegel, Arvo Pärt for Clarinet and Piano
II. Old Rose. Dreaming in Colours, Hye-Kyung Lee, for Bassoon
Oodnadata Who: an existential duo for one, Anne Norman, for Solo Flute
Is It? Tomás Kessler, for Soprano Voice and Soprano Saxophone
Life Cycles, Stuart Greenbaum, for Solo Clarinet
Introduction on a Theme by Alexander Laing, Liam King*, for Saxophone Quartet
Tash McBain, Justinn Lu, Brandon Batholomeusz, and Hayley Wolters
Dream Firmament, Liam King*, for Saxophone Quartet and Saxophone Ensemble
The Shifting Still, Text by Maggie Vali, Music by Tash McBain, Aidan Nayar, and Leonard Branca*, for Voice/Spoken Word, Soprano Saxophone, Piano, and Bass Guitar
Sway of the Sun, Hayley Wolters*, for Mixed Ensemble
*World Premiere