METEOR

METEOR/SKETCHES OF BRAZIL

PRESENTED IN COLLABORATION WITH ASTRA MUSIC
Supported by Revive Live through the Australian Government and the Robert Salzer Foundation

BOLT STRING QUARTET
CATRINA SEIFFERT and VICTORIA BILOGAN

SCHEDULE

Sunday 19 October
BOLT String Quartet: 3pm
Catrina Seiffert (voice) and Victoria Bilogan (voice & piano): 4pm

Venue
JOLTED Arts Space
342 High Street, Northcote

Catrina Seiffert and Victoria Bilogan

Over two concerts at Jolted Arts Space, four members of the Astra Choir step beyond their solo and choral roles there to reveal their talents in collaborative performances, alongside new string and wind works from Jolt ensembles.

In this program, Catrina Seiffert (voice and piano) and Victoria Bilogan (piano and visual artist) share their artistry in Sketches of Brazil — a performance shaped by their recent travels through this vibrant and musically rich country, where song infuses everyday life.

Music by bossa nova pioneer Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994) and Chiquinha (Francisca) Gonzaga (1847–1935) — one of Brazil’s first professional female composers — is paired with Heitor Villa-Lobos’s (1887–1959) Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4, a fusion of Bach’s counterpoint with the melodies and rhythms of Brazil.

Complementing the sounds are Victoria’s visual sketches of Brazilian life: portraits of musicians and workers, and scenes from markets, beaches, concert halls.

BOLT STRING QUARTET

On the back of significant success in Japan at the Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting 2024 at BankART Station, BOLT String Quartet with Australian musicians will perform new works by James Hullick. The Meteor programme is an extension beyond the ideas of the YPAM project, exploring the interplay between noise and gestural music.

For this event the following BOLT musicians will be performing:

Phoebe Green (viola)
Zac Johnston (violin)
Andrea Keeble (violin)
James Churchill (cello)

SUPPORTED BY

This series is supported by Revive Live – an Australian Government Initiative. Supported by The Robert Salzer Foundation