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Season 2000: Once Upon a Time

A journey through the music of the twentieth century

A series of four concerts exploring the development of chamber music throughout the last one hundred years.

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Once Upon a Time

Friday 26 May 2000
Iwaki Auditorium
ABC Southbank Centre
Southbank Boulevard
Melbourne VIC Australia

James Dillon …Once Upon a Time 1980 [9´]
Toru Takemitsu Quatrain II 1975/77 [15´]
Edgard Varèse Octandre 1923 [7´]
Olivier Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps 1941


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A new song

Thursday 1 June 2000
Iwaki Auditorium
ABC Southbank Centre
Southbank Boulevard
Melbourne VIC Australia

Adam Yee shiru l'adonai shir Hadash 1994 [5´]
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


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The heart's algorithms

Music for clarinet and piano

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

Darius Milhaud Sonatine 1927
Alban Berg Vier Stücke für Klarinette und Klavier opus 5 1913 [8´]
Chris Dench the heart's algorithms 1993/1999/2002* [15´]
Peter Maxwell Davies Hymnos 1967 [12´]
Pierre Boulez Premiere Sonate 1946 [9´]
Mauricio Kagel Unguis incarnatus est… 1972 [6´]
Richard Barrett interference 1996-2000 [8´]
Michael Finnissy Recent Britain 1997-98 [25´]


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Libra

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

Karlheinz Stockhausen Gesang der Jünglinge 1955-56
Roberto Gerhard Libra 1968 [15´]
Hans Werner Henze Kammermusik 1958 1958/63 [51´]


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