Review: Thought Sectors (Synergy Percussion)
In Sarah Hennies’ novel solo work, Synergy Percussion asks you to listen to what’s not being played, rather than what is.
In Sarah Hennies’ novel solo work, Synergy Percussion asks you to listen to what’s not being played, rather than what is.
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The percussionist will hand over the reins to Ian Cleworth after a seven-year tenure.
A celebration of music written and repurposed for the screen.
A good score can transform a film but cinema can also change our understanding of music, as Richard Tognetti explains. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
A fascinating fusion of South Korean shamanic rituals with contemporary percussion and video work.
Bellingen is probably the perfect place in the world to have a classical music festival. It’s a bit inland of Coffs Harbour, just a bit off the highway. When you finally escape endless kilometres of green farmland, you see an urban-renewed pasteurisation factory, built partly of brick (now it’s an art gallery). Drive along a little further. The main street is perhaps one hundred years old; the pharmacy is marked “Apothecary”. There are two concert halls, one a disused church, the other built for use by veterans of the war. The first war. It is just about the best setting I’ve ever heard of for classical music. The festival was full of chamber music. The Acacia Quartet opened the festival, playing repertoire from their recent tour, Lyle Chan’s new String Quartet. It’s a musical memoir of his grim time fifteen years ago illegally producing drugs to help fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic. A number of his friends died in the fight. Synergy Percussion took the second half of the opening concert, with Xenakis’ epic work Pléïades (1979). It’s an energetic work – you might even say violent – and almost impossible to play. Bellingen is probably one of the few places…