Premiere performances in 2020
Ross has had a busy composing time recently and as a result the following premieres are scheduled for 2020:
March: Four Inscapes, a quintet for flute, pipa (Chinese lute), percussion, violin and cello, commissioned by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music for performance at the Tucson Winter Chamber Music, 1–8 March, Tucson Arizona in the final concert, 8 March, 3 pm in the Leo Rich Theatre, Tucson.
July: Wabiny for female voices, flute and dancer, will have its premiere performance in July at the 11th World Choir Games in Belgium, an event which annually attracts thousands of singers from all over the world and which is co-hosted this year by the cities of Antwerp and Ghent. The work, whose text is from the language of the Mooro people of the Whadjuk Noongar nation, was commissioned for the MLC Chorale, Claremont, Western Australia and its director Robert Faulkner.
July: String Quartet No.4 commissioned by Ron and Therese Ridley for the Australian String Quartet who will tour it nationally in a program which also includes the Mozart ‘Dissonance’ Quartet and Janáček’s Intimate Letters. Perth Wed 1 July, 7pm, Heath Ledger Theatre; Adelaide Thu 2 July, 7pm, Adelaide Town Hall; Brisbane Fri 3 July, 7pm Conservatorium Theatre, South Bank; Melbourne Wed 15 July, 7pm, Melbourne Recital Centre; Sydney Thu 16 July, 7pm City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney; Canberra Sun 19 July, 2pm National Gallery of Australia, Gandel Hall, 30 Parkes Place East, Parkes, Australian Capital Territory.
September: Symphony No. 2, Earth Spirit Songs in a new revision of this work made especially for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Also on the programme: Beethoven’s Mass in C. Both these works performed for the first time by the TSO. Desiree Frahn, Soprano (in the Edwards), Johannes Fritzsch, conductor, 19 Sept 7:30pm. Federation Concert Hall, Hobart.
November: Vespers for Mother Earth for 8 voices and 11 instruments. A monumental hour-long work commissioned by Judith Neilson to be premiered on the evening of 22 November in the new concert hall at “Phoenix Central Park”, 37–49 O’Connor Street, Chippendale, Sydney, on the evening of 22 November 2020. More information will be posted later.
