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THE .music. in my week has" run the gamut from the rough edges of 'a
compos e,'. 'workshop in an. old factory In Alexandria to the smooth
prec:i$ion Of the Tokyo Quartet at the Sydney Opera House. Some
contrast. ",",' .~
The' .workshop was a But "have no hesitation composer and to Law-
stimuiating,'tx.perience. It ' in cr~iming that the qual rence Dobell, who played
was the firsFventure by a ity '~f the occasion was it. Compact and to the
ne'w coop~fative, Music very high indeed. As a point, this InterludJ're
Performed,: and deserves ;.\vay.of'enabling the com mains in my memory. .
to "be' foll<iwed .' byinariy posers to hear their work, 1( Now CAU~ .f~l~"\.
. otller~. .~.... ~~ \: . ... ~ ': . ~ " ;.. to' - have' it discussed by
for tWo days during the ':" colleagues and.,the musi-
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THE Seymour's group's
Anzac weekend, Music dans who played it as next concert, featuring the
Performed too..k over the ,wen as senior composers , . mezzo-soprano' Elizabeth 20 No 4) which preceded ' ~ ~arlier on se'emed to ha
stark, white-w~Ued " space . .and a ,musicologist who Campbell and conducted it. , . " been found, the danci
of the Art Unit, once a took the~time to attend, it by Patrick. Thomas, will If I'd been home listen- .. ~as . good - and Kelv
derelict factof..y .a nd now a was a rewarding experi-. be held in the Seymour -ing to the ABC's direct ' Coe :was superb.
versatile venue for arts ,of . ence.. ,.' Centre's Everest Theatre broadcast of this Musica . There is a ' delicio
many ~. i'nds:
The works cjf four com~
poserswerc: rehearsed and
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on Saturday night. It in Viva concert. Imight have .: sense of anticipation i
- cludes arrangements of accused the Sound en,gi~ knowin~ C~e wilt ~I
Bach by Pete.r Maxwell neer. of electronic in~er:- appear In PIllar of Ftr
recorded by more than a , EN "r'oute to the Tokyo Davies and six Turkish vention to achieve such ~ ,' and to ponder Jln t
dozen young musicians Quartet~ Haydn, Mozart
Folkpoems set to mus.ic , remarkable standard 'of , poss,bility of Murphy ta
under the direction of and Beethoven at the end by a Dutchman, Theo ensemble playjng. ' ing up tlte Australian B
conductor
L),.OA Gee .,'
Christopher of the week'; I heard a
" .' program of Australian Loevendie. '. * . * . ..' let's commission of a f
, TAKING a last look at length work for 1985.
I!ilving .set themselves , 'music presented by the
up to support the work of 'Seymour Group at the * * * the Australian Baltet's *' * *
young Australian com- Old Darlington School on JUST for the second current triple bill before ~ ,
posers, members of this campus at Sydney Uni- movement of the Beetho- t.he next . ~ne, begins on, SAN(jEET, the Austr'
co,:bperative promptly vcrsity. . ven (String Quartet in C Friday, Jhadn', intended ian Society for Indi
displayed their Oexibility 1 spanned a generation Major op 59 No 3) it was to add_ any comments to Music, is hosting a tour
by including an operatic of composers (rom 20- worth braving the rain- my earlier ones. three musicians. starti
interlude by Freddy Hill, year-old la. SIaaban to sodden night to hear the But I can', resist men- in Sydney this week WI
who cheerfully explains Peter SeII'flto..", who was Toyko Quartet live. tioning Pul 4e Masson's a lunch-time concert
he is neither young nor celebrating his 54tb birth- The voices of their very sensitive portrayal of the Clan~y Auditori~l
Australian, and a ring-in day the following day. 300-year-old instruments the Outsider in The Dis- University of NSW,
piece by an American, Miehae. Haat David were at their most vivid pJay. It was both subtle- Wednesday and a nUlj
Barbara Kolb. WorraU and EIeu Kats and individual - espe- and powerful ill con- program il1 the Ever
, The three local music were tbe others. dally the sonorous, some- veying the chansing Theatre, Seymour Cent
makers were Jonathan . The liveliness of In times daringly extrovert moods of the role. on Friday night.
Mustard. Wtlldy HiscO(ks , Tension, by Elena Kats, cello- in the Beethoven. J was also moved to Traya, consisting
and To., Wheeler.
In -all, it was a diverse
was .engaging, ,but it was& ' It made an exciting te~rs again - the first Paa4it Nikkil Gltosh a
Ian Shanabaas Interlude;"' conclusion to the impec. time in this revival .season his sons, Nay.. 'ah
selet:tion. . Not having for ' 8010 clarinet. which cabty balanced. finely de- -- by Grae.e Murphy's Olafvh, wil~ play
heard all the ~ .pieces in ~' made the strongeSt impaCt tailed. :.'" extraordinarily Beyond Twelve. The 'Uft~ live workshops in urb
their entiretyt I wouldn', on me. cont'rolled' playing of the derstandin,or the cho- ' .and country 'Cent
like to comment on the \ The spirit or the piece . quartets by Mozart 'reograher's - intentions, . around NSW for ahe ne
quality of the music: was a tribute to both ~h~ (KV458) and Haydn (op which I felt was lacking six weeks.