1 OCT — 3 OCT 2024
Melbourne & Sydney
Concertante
Virtuosity and beauty to the power of ten
Program
OLLI MUSTONEN
Nonet II
HARRY SDRAULIG
New Commission (World Premiere)
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 1 (for Piano and String Nonet)
Vatche Jambazian, solo piano
Approx. 90 mins without interval
* Harry Sdraulig is commissioned by Omega Ensemble with the generous support of the Darin Cooper Foundation.
About the music
— A regular on Australian stages as a concert pianist but equally acclaimed as a leading compositional voice, Finnish composer Olli Mustonen's music is greatly influenced from his own performance practice, including early studies on the harpsichord. His Nonet II takes up ideas from the 17th and 18th centuries, with gorgeous, warmly expressive melodies and delicate interplay, eventually building to a riveting rhythmic finale.
— A new Australian voice with significant recent accomplishments to his name, Harry Sdraulig's music is at turns serious, playful, contemplative and exuberant. In his first commission for Omega Ensemble, Sdraulig delivers a driving tour-de-force, characterised by passionate lyricism and harmonic richness.
— Classical music's greatest showman, Frédéric Chopin was also a notorious introvert, preferring the dark and smoky salons of Paris to grand concert halls, and often arranging his own concertos to perform in these intimate settings. In this tradition, Chopin’s first piano concerto is reshaped for just ten musicians, unlocking new raw and emotive power from one of the most expressively beautiful works.
PERFORMANCES & TICKETS
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Melbourne
Tue 1 Oct 2024 — 7 PM
Elizabeth Murdoch Hall
Melbourne Recital CentreTix: $39.00-$79.00
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Sydney
Thu 3 Oct 2024 — 7 PM
City Recital HallTix: $39.00-$89.00