Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

The Lyrebird Festival welcomes the "irresistible" Australian soprano Lotte Betts-Dean, performing alongside "firebrand" pianist Ronan Apcar, for a compelling program tracing the development and resonance of vocal composition. The program ends with Alice Chance's exquisite Salve Regina, with Lotte and Ronan joined by members of the Bowerbird Collective. In demand throughout the world, Lotte has performed at Bayerische Staatsoper, Opera Holland Park and Grand Théâtre de Genève, Aldeburgh Festival, Oxford Song and the Australian Festival of Chamber Music. Of this program, Lotte notes "Words and wordlessness, singing and sound, electronic and acoustic, classical and pop, the very new and the very old, the celebrated and the unsung — Ronan and I invite you into this time-travelling tapestry, a world of musical dualities. We are so delighted you have chosen to be here tonight."

Program

Béla Bartók Eight Hungarian Folksongs, BB.47 No.1: Fekete föd (1907) Madeleine Dring Five Betjeman Songs, No.1: A Bay in Anglesey (1976) Caroline Shaw Rise (2018) Courtney Barnett*+ Kim’s Caravan (2015) Giacinto Scelsi Hô 1 (1960) Barbara Strozzi L’eraclito amoroso (1651) Lili Boulanger Clairieres dans le ciel, No.3: Parfois, je suis triste (1914) Olivier Messiaen Poèmes pour Mi, No.9: Prière exaucée (1937) Linda Buckley revelavit part 1 (2011) John Adams Doctor Atomic, Act 1: Am I in your light? (2005) Arnold Schoenberg Das Buch der hängenden Gärten, Op.15 No.3: Als Neuling trat ich ein (1907) Clara Schumann Lieder Op.12 No.3: Warum willst du and’re fragen? (1841) Björk Guðmundsdóttir*+ Jóga (1997) Charli xcx/AG Cook*+ I think about it all the time (2024) Josephine Stephenson Rosemary Lane (2021) Erin Gee Mouthpiece 1 (2000) Sinéad O’Connor*+ Jackie (1987) Claudio Monteverdi Zefiro torna, SV.251: Ecco di dolci raggi (1638) Isabella Gellis+ I wish I could speak to you (2021) Luke Abbott+ Revelations of Divine Love (2023) György Ligeti Harom Weöres-dal, No.3: Kalmár jött nagy madarakkal (1947) Mathis Saunier Cannibal (2022) William Bolcom Cabaret Songs Vol.1 No.4: Waitin’ (1978) Blossom Dearie Touch the Hand of Love (1973) Alice Chance Salve Regina (2022) with members of the Bowerbird Collective

Featured artists

• Presented by Bowerbird Collective
• Performer Lotte Betts-Dean
• Performer Ronan Apcar
• Music of Alice Chance