1997 Programme

The other two major ensemble performances in 1997 will emphasise ELISION Ensemble's growing links with the Asia/Pacific region. The first, PACIFICA will be part of the 1997 and final Brisbane Biennial Festival of Music, and will feature the premiere of Brian FERNEYHOUGH's Incipits and new works for ELISION by Japanese composer Akira NISHMURA, Korean Manbang YI and Australian Liza LIM. Then in October ELISION Ensemble will perform in Korea as guests of the ISCM World Music Days 1997, Seoul.

ELISION soloists will be presenting two concerts in Brisbane (at the University and for Festival Integrales), and thee concerts in Holland (Amsterdam and Groningen). In the studio, 1997 should see the completion of a new CD of Brian FERNEYHOUGH solo works.

Feburary Perth	Rehearsals, Opening of the Mouth Midland Railway Workshops, Perth
March 3 Perth	Opening of the Mouth music by Richard BARRETT, installation by Crow ELISION Ensemble and soloists, Simon HEWETT conductor 8:00pm, Midland Railway Workshops, Perth Presented by the The Festival of Perth WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE
March 4 Perth	Opening of the Mouth 8:00pm, Midland Railway Workshops, Perth
March 6 Perth	Opening of the Mouth 8:00pm, Midland Railway Workshops, Perth
March 7 Perth	Opening of the Mouth 8:00pm, Midland Railway Workshops, Perth
March 8 Perth	Opening of the Mouth 8:00pm, Midland Railway Workshops, Perth
March 11 Sydney	scherbentöne  . . .  ausgewirbelt (shattered sounds  . . .  whirled clear) fragments from Opening of the Mouth ELISION Ensemble and soloists, Simon HEWETT conductor 7:00pm, Goethe Institut-Sydney, Ocean Street, Woollahra
March 12 Sydney	scherbentöne  . . .  ausgewirbelt 7:00pm, Goethe Institut-Sydney, Ocean Street, Woollahra
March 15-27 Melbourne	Recording and editing sessions Ferneyhough and Dench/Heyn CDs ABC Southbank Studios
May 11 Australia	Segment on ACCESS ALL AREAS 9:20pm Australian Broadcasting Corporation Television, broadcast nationally
May 22-29 Melbourne	Rehearsals, PACIFICA Melbourne Chorale, Carlton
May 30 Brisbane	PACIFICA ELISION Ensemble, Christian EGGEN conductor 8:00pm, Queensland Cultural Centre Auditorium Presented by Brisbane Biennial Festival of Music
June 1 Melbourne	Recording sessions, Nishimura ABC Southbank Studios
Sept. 22-7 Melbourne	Rehearsals, Seoul Concert Melbourne Chorale, Carlton
October 2 Seoul, Korea	ISCM World Music Days 1997 ELISION Ensemble Simon HEWETT conductor Deborah KAYSER, soprano 7:30pm Namyangju Duomul Workshop
October 24 Brisbane	Lunchtime Concert at the University of Queensland ELISION Soloists 1:00pm, Nickson Room, School of Music
October 24 Brisbane	Festival Integrales ELISION Soloists Queensland Conservatorium of Music
October Melbourne	Recording sessions, Feneyhough CD ABC Southbank Studios
14 November Groningen	ELISION Soloists in Holland, Concert 1 ELISION Soloists Presented by PRIMe
15 November Amsterdam	ELISION Soloists, Concert 2 ELISION Soloists Presented by Gaudeamus Foundation
16 November Groningen	ELISION Soloists, Concert 3 ELISION Soloists Presented by PRIMe

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