Soundstream Contemporary Music Ensemble

THURSDAY, JULY 03, 2008

Coriole Vineyards, Saturday 11 October, 12.30pm. Formed in 1996 by Artistic Director Gabriella Smart, Soundstream collaborates with Australia's finest performers to commission and present works by leading local and international composers. Smart founded the Soundstream: Adelaide New Music Festival in 2008 as an annual platform for collaboration, performance and discourse.

Quartet for the End of Time
James Cuddeford violin,
Patrick Murphy cello,
Peter Handsworth clarinet,
and Gabriella Smart piano

Coriole Vineyards, Chaffeys Rd, McLaren Vale Saturday 11 October, 12.30pm

Messiaen's connection to the universal is revealed in his reverence for spirituality and nature. To celebrate the centenary of his birth, members of the Grainger Quartet, Gabriella Smart and Peter Handsworth come together to perform one of his most celebrated works.

'Between three and four in the morning, the awakening of birds: a solo blackbird or nightingale improvises, surrounded by a shimmer of sound, by a halo of trills lost very high in the trees. Transpose this onto a religious plane and you have the harmonious silence of Heaven.' (Olivier Messiaen describing the opening movement of Quartet for the End of Time)

Concert and pre-booked lunch $60 (includes platter with coffee, cake and a glass of wine) / Concert only $30

Please book early as the venue is very small and intimate.

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