Ghostly figures meet love and longing in this immersive program of new music with ancient roots.
In this evocative program, music carries both contemporary interpretations and age-old folktales, populated by mysterious and elusive figures.
Canberra composer and pianist Sally Whitwell is widely known for her setting of Byron’s poetry, She Walks in Beauty.
Whitwell opens this program with a new commission exploring ghostly stories from the Capital Region.
In Miriama Young’s Grey Ghost, live piano melodies are expanded and transformed by an immersive soundscape. This stunning piece draws inspiration from the kōkako, a bird native to New Zealand’s South Island. Believed to be extinct, unverified sightings and tantalising clues of the ‘Grey Ghost’ nevertheless persist.
Andrew Ford’s award-winning Tales of the Supernatural explore ghostly folktales from across northern Europe, including Sweden, Scotland and England. Framed by a sung dedication in Finnish to a lover, these stories are characterised by otherworldly figures and steeped in grief, love and longing.
Artists
Jessica Cottis Curator
CSO Chamber Ensemble
Repertoire
SALLY WHITWELL World premiere, new CSO commission
MIRIAMA YOUNG Grey Ghost
ANDREW FORDHAM Selections from Tales of the Supernatural
