Date: 6 September 2008
Venue: SCEGGS Great Hall
One of Sydney’s most exciting new music ensembles, Halcyon acknowledges ten years of dedicated music-making by revisiting their very first performance with Sydney Alpha Ensemble in February 1998 in its original venue. Artistic directors and performers Jenny Duck-Chong (mezzo soprano) and Alison Morgan (soprano) will be joined by many of the original artists including conductor Antony Walker, soprano Jane Sheldon, pianist Stephanie McCallum, mandolin player Paul Hooper and percussionists Daryl Pratt & Philip South. As well as a showcase of excerpts from Halcyon events over the past decade, Halcyon will ‘replay’ two of the most loved and masterly works of the 20th century, George Crumb’s Ancient Voices of Children and Luciano Berio’s Folksongs, both showstoppers on that first unforgettable night.
PROGRAM
Andrew - luna-cy
Andrew - plum & cherry from fruit songs
Claire Jordan - Promises like Pie-Crust & Echo from Memory
Damien Ricketson - excerpt from Seven relics
Katy Abbott - Night thoughts from It is Just the Heart
Saariaho - Miranda's lament from The Tempest Songbook
Denisov - Archipel des Songes
Crumb - Ancient Voices of Children
Berio - Folksongs
ARTISTS
Antony Walker conductor Alison Morgan soprano Jane Sheldon soprano Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo soprano Laura Chislett Jones flutes Steven Meyer flute Diana Springford clarinet Ngaire de Korte oboe Veronique Serret violin Mirabai Peart violin Nicole Forsyth viola Julia Ryder cello Jennifer Druery double bass Stephen Lalor mandolin Janet Agostino guitar Alice Giles harp Daryl Pratt percussion Claire Edwardes percussion Jeremy Barnett percussion Stephanie McCallum piano Sally Whitwell piano
Broadcast by ABC Classic FM Saturday 1 Nov 2008, 8.00pm