Strange Customs

8:30pm, Thursday 9 July 1998
Customs House, 399 Queen St, Brisbane

The concert will be preceeded at 7:30pm by a CD/book launch: the intertwining -- the chasm, installation-performance works (1994-96) by Domenico De CLARIO, Liza LIM, and ELISION Ensemble (published by the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane)

ELISION continues to celebrate and promote cross-cultural exchange with a major concert in Brisbane on July 9th. The concert features the world premiere of works by prominent Japanese composers Akira NISHIMURA, Toshio HOSOKAWA and Keiko HARADA. Keiko HARADA is one of the most interesting of the younger generation of Japanese composers to emerge in recent times and she will be working with the group on the performance of heavy wood, which has been especially commissioned for this occasion.

The concert also includes the world premiere of a song-cycle for large ensemble and soprano (Deborah KAYSER) by Chris DENCH entitled ik(s)land[s] setting the poetry of Bernie JANSSEN. Two key works in the output of Brisbane composer Liza LIM, Voodoo Child and The Heart's Ear (selected to represent Australia at this year's Paris Rostrum) will also be presented in preparation for ELISION's recording of these pieces for an ABC Classics disc.

Liza LIM Voodoo Child (1989)

soprano, flute, clarinet, trombone, piano, percussion, violin, violoncello

Akira NISHIMURA Threnody (1998)

solo violoncello
WORLD PREMIERE

Toshio HOSOKAWA Renka I (1986)

soprano and guitar

Keiko HARADA heavy wood (1998)

violin, guitar, bass clarinet, contrabass, piano
WORLD PREMIERE

Heinz HOLLIGER Studie Über Mehrklange (1971)

solo oboe

Liza LIM The Heart's Ear (1997)

flute/piccolo, clarinet, violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello

Chris DENCH ik(s)and[s] (1998)

flute, clarinet, guitar, violin, violoncello, percussion and voice
WORLD PREMIERE

The concert will be preceded by the launch of a new publication from the Institute of Modern Art: the intertwining -- the chasm. This is the IMA's first CD/book and it documents a number of collaborative installation projects undertaken between 1994-96 by Domenico De CLARIO, Liza LIM and ELISION Ensemble.

Concert admission $15.00 ($10.00 concession/IMA members)

ELISION Ensemble gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Commonwealth of Australia through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor, The University of Queensland