Ross Edwards 75th birthday concerts 2018
‘Valley Spirit’, – a retrospective concert which has already taken place on May 6 as part of the Kangaroo Valley Music Festival, and which included the premiere of a new cello and Piano piece Valley Spirit.
Symphony No. 2 Earth Spirit Songs. Celeste Lazarenko, soprano, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Opera House, July 4, 6.30 pm, July 5, 1.30 pm and July 6, 11 am.
Celebrating Ross Edwards – City Recital Hall joins with Sydney Chamber Choir ‘to celebrate one of Australia’s most renowned composers’. August 4, City Recital Hall, Sydney, 7.30 pm.
Lake Dreaming. The world premiere of Lake Dreaming for two pianos by the Brown and Breen Duo. August 16, Melbourne Recital Centre 6 pm; August 18, Lifeflow Meditation Studio, Tara Hills, S A 3pm; August 19, Ukaria Cultural Centre, Adelaide Hills , 2.30 pm.
‘Five Senses’ . Simone Riksman, soprano. Bernadette Harvey, piano. East Recital Hall of the Sydney Conservatorium on 20th October, 6 pm.
The program will include Edwards: Five Senses (poems of Judith Wright), Piano Sonata, Sea Star Fantasy and music by Copland and Britten.
De Spiritu Sancto – premiere of new choral piece De Spirito Sancto performed by Antony Pitts and The Song Company, 30 Oct, Yellow House Sydney, 7.30 pm; 1 Nov, Newcastle Conservatorium, 7 pm; 3 Nov, Blackheath Uniting Church, 3 pm; 8 Nov, Berry School of Arts, 2 pm; Wesley Uniting Church, Canberra, 7.30 pm; 10 Nov, Wollongong Art Gallery, 3 pm; 16 Nov, Deakin Edge Federation Square, Melbourne, 7.30 pm; 22 Nov, St. James’ Church, King Street, Sydney, 7.30 pm; 1 Dec, Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium, 3 pm.
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