The Voyage of Musical Discovery series was established and designed by the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra’s founding artistic director and world-renowned educator Richard Gill.
Each Voyage begins at 6.30pm and finishes at 8.00pm on a weekday in Sydney, and is equal parts concert and demonstration. The co-artistic directors, Rachael Beesley and Nicole van Bruggen present each Voyage with musicians of the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra in the first half, and a contemporary guest artist or ensemble is featured in the second half.
Max Bruch’s Serenade for Strings takes tunes and themes from Swedish folk music and develops them into a sweeping orchestral work. With the musicians of the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, co-artistic directors Rachael Beesley and Nicole van Bruggen guide listeners through Bruch’s compositional methods and explore how he develops motifs in this seldom-heard gem from a composer known for borrowing tunes from other countries.
Photo credit: Jacquie Manning
Suite for Saxophones and Loop Station is a tour de force of real-time composition. Hear award-winning saxophonist Nick Russoniello create a groove-based work by layering and developing musical elements as diverse as beatbox, reggae and minimalism. Russoniello is a polyphonic one-man-band, imaginatively extending the sonic capabilities of the saxophone in live performance.
Nicholas Russoniello is a D’Addario Artist
Some images from Voyage of Musical Discovery: Motivic Development
Wednesday 17 February 2021 | 6.30pm
City Recital Hall
Photos by Robert Catto
ARTISTS & PROGRAM
Australian Romantic &
Classical Orchestra
Rachael Beesley | director
MAX BRUCH | Serenade for Strings after Swedish Melodies (1916)
Nick Russoniello
NICK RUSSONIELLO | Suite for Saxophones and Loop Station (2018)
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