Event
MSO: The Light
- Date: Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 8pm
- Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall — Cnr Southbank Blvd & Sturt St, Southbank, VIC
- Series: This event is part of the Metropolis New Music Festival 2015 series
- Tickets: $44-$54 — Tickets can be purchased online
Event Details
Brawny punk energy and electrifying sonic images abound in Fuel, Julia Wolfe’s multi-media collaboration with filmmaker Bill Morrison, which explores the global implications of the fossil fuel economy.
Tan Dun’s Crouching Tiger Concerto, a concert work based on the composer’s Academy Award-winning score to Ang Lee’s martial arts epic, provides an exquisite contrast with poignant themes unfurling over six movements, connected by a glorious cello cadenza.
The Light, Phillip Glass’ first full scoring for symphony orchestra, is a hypnotic, continually evolving reflection on the way great moments of clarity can metaphorically ‘illuminate’ intellectual and scientific endeavour. Its starting point: the famous 1887 Michelson-Morley Experiment, in which American physicists determined the velocity of the speed of light, setting the scene for Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.
This concert will also include a new work by Alexander Garsden commissioned as part of the MSO’s Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers Program.
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured Australian Works
| Faculties Intact (con tutta forza) by Alexander Garsden — World premiere |
Featured artists
- New work by Alexander Garsden
Featured non-Australian music
Wolfe, Tan Dun, Glass
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