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Omega Ensemble: Time is a River

Schubert’s stirring Death and the Maiden leads this monumental performance presented by the Omega Ensemble, with works by Arvo Pärt, Graham Koehne and a world premiere by ARIA award-winning composer Brenda Gifford.

 

The lifeblood of memory, music is the empowering tool through which composers pass on stories and honour the continuous flow of time. Franz Schubert’s stirring Death and the Maiden has long captured the imagination of audiences and mirrors the composer's own inner turmoil with its thrilling climaxes, tortured freneticism, and darkly romantic source materials.

With the fragility of life at their centres, Arvo Pärt’s plaintive Mozart-Adagio and Graeme Koehne’s Time is a River, both dedicated to loved ones passed, represent hopefulness and reinforce an inspiring message of life's raw beauty and the innate power of music to heal. This reflective program also includes the world premiere of a moving work by ARIA award-winning composer and proud Yuin woman Brenda Gifford.

 

Please note: this is not an Australian Chamber Orchestra event or performance. ACO Account Credit cannot be redeemed against non-ACO performances.

 

PROGRAM
Arvo Pärt Mozart-Adagio
Brenda Gifford New Commission [World Premiere]
Franz Schubert String Quartet in D minor, D.810, ‘Death and the Maiden’
Graeme Koehne Time is a River

ARTISTS
David Rowden, Clarinet
Peter Clark, Violin
Neil Thompson, Viola
Paul Stender, Cello
Vatche Jambazian, Piano