Pairing visuals alongside its evocatively-themed programs, Ensemble Q has announced its 2023 season. This year, the Ensemble joined QPAC as a Company in Residence and will host its 2023 season at the venue, expanding on last year’s well-received program with a three-concert series.  

Ensemble Q. Photo supplied.

“Moving our residency to QPAC in 2022 was always an exciting step for Ensemble Q, but I couldn’t have imagined how positively the change has influenced the way we can now interact with our audience, and in turn how much freedom this has given us to program engaging and immersive performances,” said Co-Artistic Director and cellist Trish Dean.

The season opens on 30 April with Deep Blue. The program includes Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) by George Crumb, which employs the unusual instrumentation of electric flute, electric cello and amplified piano, and a range of bold extended techniques to evoke whale sounds. Crumb’s work sits alongside The Sea...