CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE
Various Artists
Drumming
+ the Devil’s Wedding
Time:
Saturday APRIL 16th
Part One:
2.45 – 3.00pm
Part Two:
3.15 – 4.00pm
LOCATION:
Sound Shell
Part One: Drumming
Featuring:
Percussion:
Anna Camara, Nathan Gatenby, James Townsend, Hamish Upton.
Repertoire:
Steve Reich – Drumming, Part One (1970-71)
Part Two: The Devil’s Wedding
Featuring:
Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen and Van Diemen’s Fiddles
ARRANGEMENTS BY RICHARD VAUDREY
Orchestra
Flute: **Emilia Antcliff;
Clarinet: **Olivia Hans-Rosenbaum;
Horn: **Claudia Leggett;
Trumpet: **Dominic Longhurst;
Percussion: **Blake Roden, ***Nathan Gatenby;
Accordion/trumpet: Dave McNamara;
Violin: **Amanda Chen, Julia Fredersdorf, *Rebecca Gill, *Emma Hayes, Rachel Meyers, *Alex Norton;
Viola: *Rosemary Curtin, *Stuart Johnson;
Cello: **Noah Oshiro, *Adrian Wallis; Bass: **Hayley Witmore.
* Featuring musicians of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra,
** Featuring members of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellowship 2022,
*** Appears courtesy of Australian National Academy of Music.
Ticketing Information:
This is a ticketed event
Available as part of an All In One Pass, a Sound Shell Saturday Day Pass or a Sound Shell Weekend Day Pass.
Part One: Drumming
Steve Reich’s Drumming Part One features four players on tuned bongo drums. This is the first of four parts that make up his mesmerising, focussed and heart-pumping early work, Drumming. Composed in 1971 on Reich’s return to New York from Ghana, where he was inspired by that country’s tight music ensembles. With no changes in melody or rhythm, slight shifts in timing and pitch create the work’s momentum.
Part Two: THE DEVILS WEDDING
For the final set, Van Diemen’s Fiddles and Mikelangelo and The Black Sea Gents take us on a crazy sublime-to-the-ridiculous gypsy caravan adventure through Europe. Hold onto your hats and enjoy the ride, as special guests from Sydney Symphony Orchestra unleash their wild side to lead us in an inexorable dance to The Devil’s Wedding!