Omega Ensemble returns to the Malachi with a performance of musical defiance and untamed brilliance, uniting five leading current classical composers.

You will hear a dark, cinematic piano quartet gem written with sardonic humour and manic intensity; a clarinet-led incantation of ritual and outburst; a wild work for solo violin and live electronics; a “part-string-quartet-part-rave” piece that expands the ensemble into new sonic territories, and an Australian premiere by LA-based Daniel Wohl which fuses electronic and acoustic forces into a three-dimensional sound world.

The musical architect of so many cinematic worlds, Danny Elfman opens the program with his mischievous Piano Quartet, darting from one idea to the next with manic intensity and the same sardonic humour that made his film and television scores so beloved.

Alongside it are Pierre Jalbert’s Howl, a clarinet-led incantation that is both ritual and outburst; Missy Mazzoli’s Tooth and Nail, pulsing and ascetic; and Anna Meredith’s Tuggemo, part rave and part string quartet, infectious and uncannily striking.

Hailed by The New York Times as one of his generation’s most imaginative and skilful creators, Paris-born and LA-based composer Daniel Wohl brings to the stage a world premiere written for the Ensemble. Fusing acoustic and electronic forces in his signature style, he creates a three-dimensional musical realm that is provocative and unruly yet dazzling in its originality.

Duration: 90 Minutes (no interval)

Programme:

Missy Mazzoli
Tooth and Nail

Anna Meredith
Tuggemo
Australian Premiere

Daniel Wohl
New work for string quartet and electronics
Australian Premiere*

Pierre Jalbert
Howl
Australian Premiere

Danny Elfman
Piano Quartet

*Daniel Wohl commissioned by The Royal Concertgebouw and Omega Ensemble. Netherlands performances made possible by NTR ZaterdagMatinee, the Composition Commission Fund of The Royal Concertgebouw managed by Het Concertgebouw Fonds.

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