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Program
Liza Lim Sappho/Bioluminescence
Peggy Polias Arachne
William Barton & Matthew Hindson Kalkadungu
Squids, spiders and an orchestra in full flight
Liza Lim’s Sappho/bioluminescence makes expressive bedfellows of a squid that camouflages itself by glowing like the night sky, Sappho’s poetry and luminous instruments.
Peggy Polias’ Arachne references the Greek myth of a weaver woman turned into a spider and there are pages of her score where the music is literally represented by knotted strings.
William Barton and Matthew Hindson’s Kalkadunga has become a modern classic melding the propulsive energies of Barton’s yidaki (didgeridoo) with an orchestra in full flight.
Duration: approx. 70 minutes, no interval
Featuring
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Northey conductor / curator
Liza Lim* curator
William Barton yidaki (didgeridoo)
*2025 Composer in Residence
