Performances of thousands of bundled straw

thousands of bundled straw

Melbourne International Arts Festival

20:00, Tuesday 18 October 2005
Iwaki Auditorium (external link)
ABC Southbank Centre
Southbank Boulevard Melbourne Victoria
Australia

Presented by Libra Ensemble in association with Aphids and the Melbourne International Arts Festival.

Thousands of Bundled Straw is a major new work by Australian composer David Young, which has been in development with the Libra Ensemble for a decade. Inspired by an ancient myth of the Temple of the Healing Eyes in far western Japan, Thousands of Bundled Straw is performed in its entirety for the first time as part of this year's festival. At once epic, subtle and witty, Thousands of Bundled Straw is a fascinating song cycle featuring five eggs, 12 instrumentalists and soprano Deborah Kayser.

Deborah Kayser, soprano
Libra Ensemble
Mark Knoop, conductor

David Young

thousands of bundled straw

1998-2004©

Thousands of Bundled Straw

Libra Ensemble

Melbourne Recital Centre

22:30, Thursday 12 February 2009
Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre (external link)
Cnr Southbank Blvd & Sturt St
Southbank Melbourne Victoria
Australia

David Young is preoccupied with exploring the relationship between sound and image, employing intricate and often miniature formats in unconventional settings. The music has been variously described as “musical origami”, “an aural equivalent of seeing a world in a grain of sand”. This major song-cycle is inspired by an ancient myth of the Temple of the Healing Eyes in far-western Japan and features five eggs, 12 instrumentalists and soprano Deborah Kayser.

Libra Ensemble (external link), conducted by Mark Knoop, is proud to take part in the opening festival of the Melbourne Recital Centre.

David Young

thousands of bundled straw

1998-2004