ARTISTS
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Louise FARRENC | Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (1849)
Anna McMichael | Violin
Louise Devenish | Percussion
Cathy MILLIKEN | Red Garden (violin, percussion) video filmed at the Red Sand Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne
Daniel BLINKHORN | Unequal forms 1 – 3 (violin with preparations, percussive instruments and objects, electronics, field recordings of biomes)
Kate MOORE | Bloodwood variations (violin solo), video Yengo National Park Photo Journal
Damian BARBELER | Pressed (violin, vibraphone, electronics) video by Barbeler using images from the plant archives of the State Botanical Collection of Victoria
Bree VAN REYK | How We Fell (performed using custom percussive/string instruments by van Reyk named ‘Replica Trees’)
The Voyage of Musical Discovery series was established and designed by the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra and its founding artistic director and world-renowned educator, the late Richard Gill.
The second Voyage of Musical Discovery of 2023 charts the links between music , culture and narrative, from music from the early Romantic period performed by the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra to storytelling in new music composed by some of Australia’s most ground-breaking composers and performed by Anna McMichael and Louise Devenish.
Anna McMichael and Louise Devenish perform Climate Notes
For Students
This program is closely aligned with the Victorian secondary school music curriculum and ideal for Y10-12 students in preparation for their VCE Music, as well as being appropriate for year nine and ten music students.
Curriculum LINKS
Core elements of composition, performance and musicology and how they connect between modern Australian music and Classical and Romantic repertoire.
