Performances between 1993 and 2001

Brenton Broadstock Retrospective

Libra Ensemble

Sunday 17 October 1993
Port Fairy Spring Festival (external link)
Port Fairy Victoria
Australia

Brenton Broadstock Aureole 3 1984
Brenton Broadstock In Chains 1990
Brenton Broadstock Aureole 2 1983
Brenton Broadstock ...All that is solid melts into air... 1991*

Sudden Death

Libra Ensemble

Sunday 25 September 1994
Melba Hall (external link)
University of Melbourne
Royal Parade Parkville Victoria
Australia

Brian Ferneyhough Superscriptio 1981
Brian Ferneyhough Kurze Schatten II 1989
Brian Ferneyhough Time and Motion Study I 1971-779
Brian Ferneyhough Mort Subite 1991†
Adam Yee shiru l’adonai shir Hadash 19945
Ian Shanahan 3 études for solo recorder 1988/90/91
Newton Armstrong so large and smooth and round says Wilhelmine 1994†
Chris Dench heterotic strings 1993

what remains?

Libra Ensemble

Friday 22 September 1995
St Johns Church (external link)
City Road, Southgate
Melbourne Victoria
Australia

Benjamin Marks “...á l’abime béant.“ 1995*6
Anton Webern Quartett opus 22 1928-19307
David Young otturato 1992
Anton Webern Variationen für Klavier opus 27 19365
Michael Finnissy Various Nations 1992†12
Richard David Hames Zurna 1982
Richard Barrett what remains 1990-919

Line of Site

Libra Ensemble

Thursday 24 October 1996
Gallery 101 (external link)
101 Collins St
Melbourne Victoria
Australia

Adam Yee sefirot 19952
James Anderson Metal Fatigue/Gestalt-Equilibria 1996*5
David Young ninazu 1992
Benjamin Marks “...á l’abime béant.“ 19956
Newton Armstrong site 1995*
Adam Yee reshit HoHma yir’at adonai 1995*11

The Reflective Space

Libra Ensemble

Thursday 7 November 1996
Sunday 10 November 1996
Lonsdale St Power Station
Melbourne Victoria
Australia

Luigi Nono .....sofferte onde serene... 197614
Luigi Nono La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura 1988-89
Karlheinz Stockhausen Spiral 1968
Josh Levine Downstream 1991-92
George Crumb Vox Balanæ 197120
Martin Wesley-Smith For Clarinet and Tape 1983

In Flagranti

Libra Ensemble

Sunday 19 January 1997
St Kilda Town Hall (external link)
Carlisle St
St Kilda Victoria
Australia

Gabriele Manca In Flagranti 1990†
Josh Levine Reprise 1996†
Giacinto Scelsi Tre pezzi per trombone solo 1956
Giacinto Scelsi Suite no 9 ”Ttai” 1953†35

Various Nations

Libra Ensemble

Sunday 16 February 1997
South Melbourne Town Hall
210 Bank St
South Melbourne Victoria
Australia

Michael Finnissy Various Nations 199212
Michael Finnissy WAM 1990-91†12
Michael Finnissy Kemp’s Morris 1978†
Michael Finnissy Runnin’ Wild 1978
Michael Finnissy “n“ for ensemble 1969/72
Michael Finnissy Two Motets 1991

Recital

20:00, Thursday 24 July 1997
Assembly Hall
156 Collins St
Melbourne Victoria
Australia

A cataclysmic vision of the destruction of Sodom (in two and a half minutes) then via a twentieth century guru to the death-obsessed Schubert. Avuncular Bach looks on ... (in anguish)?

Johann Sebastian Bach Französische Ouverture BWV 831 1735
Adam Yee Lot 19952
Karlheinz Stockhausen Klavierstück XI Nr 7 195614
Franz Schubert Piano Sonata A major D959 1828

Eighth Sydney Spring Festival

Libra Ensemble

Friday 5 September 1997
Eugene Goossens Hall (external link)
ABC Ultimo Centre
700 Harris St Sydney New South Wales
Australia

Igor Stravinsky Four Russian Songs 1923/54
Igor Stravinsky Epitaphium 1959
James Dillon Redemption 1995†12
Anton Webern Drei Lieder opus 18 1925
Benjamin Marks “...á l’abime béant.“ 19956
Brian Ferneyhough Kurze Schatten II 1989
Arnold Schoenberg Herzgewächse opus 20 1911†4
Adam Yee reshit HoHma yir’at adonai 199511

Plastic

Libra Ensemble

Thursday 26 February 1998
Storey Hall (external link)
RMIT Building 16
342 Swanston St Melbourne Victoria
Australia

Jo Kondo Standing 1973†
Keiko Harada Sonora Distancia 1996†
Toru Takemitsu Quatrain II 1975/7715
Tatsuya Kawasoi Arrow-Cycle I 1997†
David Young thousands of bundled straw iv 1998*
David Young thousands of bundled straw v 1998*
David Young thousands of bundled straw vi 1998*

Pierrot

Libra Ensemble

Thursday 30 July 1998
North Melbourne Town Hall
North Melbourne Victoria
Australia

Arnold Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire opus 21 191236
Pierre Boulez Le Marteau sans maître 1954/57

Dogfight

Libra Ensemble

Thursday 10 September 1998
Assembly Hall
156 Collins St
Melbourne Victoria
Australia

Newton Armstrong site 1995
Percy Aldridge Grainger Room music Tit-bits No. 7: Arrival Platform Humlet 1908-12
Percy Aldridge Grainger To A Nordic Princess: Bridal Song 1928
Percy Aldridge Grainger Shepherd’s Hey: English Morris Dance Tune 1908-13
Adam Yee amar naval b’libo 1997-98*
Matthew Shlomowitz I Wept as I lay Dreaming 1998*
Percy Aldridge Grainger Free music No. 1 Three Versions (edited by Alan Stout) 1935-37
Percy Aldridge Grainger Random Round 1912-14

"n"

Libra Ensemble

Sunday 7 March 1999
The Studio (external link)
Sydney Opera House
Sydney New South Wales
Australia

Alban Berg Adagio aus dem Kammerkonzert 192510
Adam Yee shiru l’adonai shir Hadash 19945
Benjamin Marks La Chute 1998*10
David Young Eight songs from ”thousands of bundled straw” 1998
Michael Finnissy “n“ for ensemble 1969/72
Charles Ives Largo 19015

Blurred Visions

Libra Ensemble

Thursday 6 May 1999
Trades Hall (external link)
cnr Victoria and Lygon Sts
Carlton Victoria
Australia

George Crumb Songs Drones and Refrains of Death 1968
Richard Barrett Another heavenly day 1989-907

"n"

Libra Ensemble

Thursday 29 July 1999
Monash University (external link)
Wellington Rd
Clayton Victoria
Australia

Alban Berg Adagio aus dem Kammerkonzert 192510
Adam Yee shiru l’adonai shir Hadash 19945
Benjamin Marks La Chute 199810
David Young Eight songs from ”thousands of bundled straw” 1998
Michael Finnissy “n“ for ensemble 1969/72
Charles Ives Largo 19015

"n"

Libra Ensemble

Sunday 1 August 1999
Lowland Farm (external link)
70 Brougham Rd
Mt Macedon Victoria
Australia

Alban Berg Adagio aus dem Kammerkonzert 192510
Adam Yee shiru l’adonai shir Hadash 19945
Benjamin Marks La Chute 199810
David Young Eight songs from ”thousands of bundled straw” 1998
Michael Finnissy “n“ for ensemble 1969/72
Charles Ives Largo 19015
Horatiu Radulescu subconscious wave 1989*

Icarus Falling

Libra Ensemble

Tuesday 31 August 1999
Collins St Baptist Church (external link)
174 Collins St
Melbourne Victoria
Australia

Arnold Schoenberg Serenade opus 24 1923
Chris Dench asymptotic freedom 1998-99*
Brian Ferneyhough La Chute d’Icare 1988
Mauricio Kagel Schattenklange 1995†

Once Upon a Time

Libra Ensemble

Friday 26 May 2000
Iwaki Auditorium (external link)
ABC Southbank Centre
Southbank Boulevard Melbourne Victoria
Australia

James Dillon ...Once Upon a Time 19809
Toru Takemitsu Quatrain II 1975/7715
Edgard Varèse Octandre 19237
Olivier Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps 1941

A new song

Libra Ensemble

Thursday 1 June 2000
Iwaki Auditorium (external link)
ABC Southbank Centre
Southbank Boulevard Melbourne Victoria
Australia

Adam Yee shiru l’adonai shir Hadash 19945
Damien Ricketson Bucolica 1998
Adam Yee amar naval b’libo 1997-98
Benjamin Marks Lovely Amaryllis 2000*6
Chris Dench heterotic strings 1993
David Young thousands of bundled straw iii 1997†
David Young thousands of bundled straw v 1998
David Young thousands of bundled straw vi 1998

The heart's algorithms

Music for clarinet and piano

Libra Ensemble

Thursday 6 July 2000
North Melbourne Town Hall
North Melbourne Victoria
Australia

Darius Milhaud Sonatine 1927
Alban Berg Vier Stücke für Klarinette und Klavier opus 5 19138
Chris Dench the heart’s algorithms [more info...] 1993/1999/2002*15
Peter Maxwell Davies Hymnos 196712
Pierre Boulez Premiere Sonate 19469
Mauricio Kagel Unguis incarnatus est 19726
Richard Barrett interference 1996-20008
Michael Finnissy Recent Britain 1997-98†25

Libra

Libra Ensemble

Saturday 8 July 2000
North Melbourne Town Hall
North Melbourne Victoria
Australia

Karlheinz Stockhausen Gesang der Jünglinge 1955-56
Roberto Gerhard Libra 196815
Hans Werner Henze Kammermusik 1958 1958/6351
*
first performance
†
first performance in Australia