The next ELISION concert occurs on Sunday November 11th 3:00PM at the Melbourne Meat Market.

Australia's international contemporary music ensemble
The next ELISION concert occurs on Sunday November 11th 3:00PM at the Melbourne Meat Market.
Ah! Queensland. A fun gig courtesy of Zane Trow that brought back memories. And a chance to cane some Barrett and Cassidy. And a new work from Jim Gardner before heading off to Germany to play with the wonderful musicians of MusikFabrik.
Coming up at RPAC. Really looking forward to being back in Queensland and performing there. ELISION was based in Brisbane from 1996 until mid-2008 so a substantial part of the life of the ensemble was based there.
It was a relaxed and characteristically sunny and autumnal Melbourne afternoon. Great for listening to works by Dominik Karski, Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, Séverine Ballon, Evan Johnson and Liza Lim. And of course, the second instalment of the major KILN project, a sonic adventure between composer Timothy McCormack, ELISION and Austin percussion trio Line Upon Line. More on that later in a separate post.
The instruments, created by David Murphy, were an absolute joy to work with. Heroes of the Piston Cretino, Ben Marks and guest Christine Chapman, erupted riotously across the stage and cavorted into the audience. Yes, the Gods are cowboys and in this concert Liza Lim’s Ronda-The Spinning World gavalnised the energies and spirit of the Brazilian streetscape, of Capoeira, and the torque of the Ronda into something quite sonically magical.
And what about these invented string instruments!
AND lets not forget the Rotary Weather Harp with new virtuoso exponent Marshall McGuire.
This concert was a lot of fun. Thank you Metropolis and MRC and all of the composers and performers. And a lucky last- also intensely energetic, jaw-droppingly precise and ballistic- the music of Unsuk Chin.