Firebird Trio presents 'Modern Times'

Presented by Australia’s acclaimed Firebird Trio, this 70-minute program takes inspiration from the re-composition of musical ideas and fragments of the past for more ‘modern’ times. Composed within a few years of each other, the trios of Charles Ives and Maurice Ravel brim with fragments of the past – from Malaysian poetic forms and Basque dance rhythms to an array of American folksongs, hymns and jokes. Benjamin Martin’s recent transcription of ‘Dawn’ and ‘Storm’ from Benjamin Britten’s Sea Interludes from the opera ‘Peter Grimes’, beautifully capture the orchestral sound world in this intimate and evocative trio setting. Firebird Trio leaves the audience with Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Smile’ from the iconic 1936 film ‘Modern Times’.

CREDITS
Benjamin Martin - piano
Curt Thompson - violin
Josephine Vains - cello

Image Credit: Albert Comper, 2017

PARKING

The City of Melbourne has recently changed the parking restrictions around the Southbank Campus. Parking control hours are now expanded to 7am–10pm, seven days per week, and are capped at three hours. A $2-per-hour fee after 7pm is also now in place. There is no change to the $4-per-hour peak rate between 7am–7pm. Parking inspectors are regularly in the area fining drivers who overstay their meter, so we encourage everyone to be aware and avoid an expensive fine. More information.

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