2000 Programme

In 2000 ELISION Ensemble and the 2000 Adelaide Festival will present the premieres of two major new Australian works: Liza LIM's Yuè Lìng Jié (Moon Spirit Feasting), a Chinese ritual street-opera, and John RODGERS' Inferno, as well as making appearances in Singapore and Germany.

Inferno

Brisbane
8:00pm, Thursday 3 February 2000
Old Museum, Herston

Adelaide Festival
Wharf Shed 10, Ocean Steamers Rd, Port Adelaide
8:00pm March 10 and 11

Yuè Lìng Jié

Adelaide Festival
River Torrens, west of Morphett St Bridge
11:00pm March 15, 9:00pm March 16, 11:00pm March 17 and 18

Singapore

Soloists of ELISION Ensemble
La Salle-Sia College performing Arts Building
12:00 noon, Thursday 24 August 2000

Akira NISHIMURA (Japan) Threnody (1998)

Rosanne HUNT violoncello solo

Timothy O'DWYER (Australia) Sige (1999 revised 2000)

Timothy O'DWYER bass saxophone solo and CD playback

Improvisation (2000)

Daryl BUCKLEY electric guitar
John RODGERS violin
Timothy O'DWYER saxophone

Masterclass with soloists of ELISION Ensemble
La Salle-Sia College performing Arts Building
Friday, 25 August 2000

Oh-Ton, Oldenburg

Soloists of ELISION Ensemble
Thursday, 31 August 2000

Volker HEYN (Germany) Buon Natale, fratello Fritz! (1985)

soprano and tenor saxophones

John RODGERS (Australia) Quest'inno si gorgoglian ne la strozza, Non, Malabolgia (1999-2000)

viola, violoncello I, violoncello II

Timothy O'DWYER (Australia) Sige (1999 revised 2000)

bass saxophone solo and CD playback

Liza LIM (Australia) Amulet (1992)

viola solo

Richard BARRETT (Holland) transmission Movements 1--6 (1997-99)

for electric guitar and live electronics

Richard BARRETT live electronics
Rosanne HUNT violoncello
Daryl BUCKLEY electric guitar
Erkki VELTHEIM viola
Timothy O'DWYER saxophone
Andrew SHETLIFFE violoncello

Recording sessions for broadcast on Radio Bremen
Wednesday, 30 August 2000