Ensemble Offspring transcends the rituals of the concert hall in a drama-infused program that’s as much for the eyes as it is for the ears.
At the heart of the concert, David T. Little’s Ghostlight plays on the superstitions and mysteries of the theatre in a spellbinding musical journey – equal parts introspection and turbulent drama. A transcendent new work for voice and quartet by Jane Sheldon takes the Buddhist concept of vihava tanha (the desire for non existence) as its starting point.
Transformation underpins Entropic Arrows by Icelandic powerhouse Anna Thorvaldsdottir, as fragile and delicate musical ideas are passed from one musician to another – no turning back. And Daniela Terranova’s Rainbow in the Dust Sky offers ghostly echoes and fragments from “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” in an elusive lullaby.
Jane Sheldon returns to the stage for Lisa Illean’s ethereal and romantic Cantor (after Willa Cather) haunting the boundaries between day and night. Wrapping the music in visions of light, an immersive video by Peachey & Mosig will make this divinely dark sonic dreamworld all encompassing.
Pre Concert Talk 5:45pm
Program
ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR Entropic Arrows (2020)
JANE SHELDON Come, dark sigh* (2024)
DAVID T. LITTLE Ghostlight (2015)
DANIELA TERRANOVA Rainbow Dust in the Sky (2018)
LISA ILLEAN Cantor (after Willa Cather) (2017)
* World premiere
Artists
Jack Symonds conductor
Jane Sheldon soprano
Claire Edwardes Artistic Director, percussion
Lamorna Nightingale flutes
Jason Noble clarinet
Véronique Serret violin
Victoria Bihun violin
Henry Justo viola
Blair Harris cello
Benjamin Ward double bass
Ronan Apcar piano - 2025 Hatched Emerging Performer
Ben Carey sound
Peachey & Mosig video
Pre Concert Talk Host
Stephen Adams
- 75 mins (no interval)
