Inspired by one of Bach’s most sorrowful and devotional songs, Sydney’s Ensemble Apex lifts the veil between life and death with a transfixing program of music spanning three centuries.

From Bach’s delicate Come Sweet Death, to George Crumb’s electrifying Black Angels; from Clara Iannotta’s skeletal Dead Wasps in a Jam Jar back to Bach’s Contrapunctus 14 (from The Art of Fugue, composed when he was pondering his own mortality), this recital demonstrates the depths to which Bach continues to influence composers 273 years after his death.

Established in 2016 and featuring some of the most thrilling emerging players in Australia, Ensemble Apex has quickly established itself at the leading edge of large ensemble and chamber music innovation, often playing in non-traditional spaces (warehouses, storage depots) to bring their music to new audiences.

You’re invited to lie down on the floor, with the lights flickering low, and let this immersive experience take over.

Led by Anna Da Silva Chen alongside three of Australia’s most exciting emerging string players, Ensemble Apex appears as APEX4.