OPUS NOW
presented by CP PRODUCTIONS


A concert series exploring relationships between the music of today and Beethoven's sixteen String Quartets
Concert Series 16

Programme

Microfiche Ensemble | Improvisations


Ludwig Van Beethoven | String Quartet No. 14 in C # minor Opus 131
Opus Now String Quartet
I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
II. Allegro molto vivace
III. Allegro moderato – Adagio B minor
IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile – Più mosso – Andante moderato e lusinghiero – Adagio – Allegretto – Adagio, ma non troppo e semplice – Allegretto
V. Presto E major
VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante
VII. Allegro


Jordan Ireland | Original Songs


***** Starring *****


Microfiche Ensemble
Max Alduca - double bass
Nick Calligeros - trumpet
Holly Conner - drums & percussion
Sam Gill - alto saxophone
Novak Manojlovic - piano & keyboards
Phillippa Murphy-Haste - clarinet


Opus Now String Quartet
Harry Ward and Yuhki Mayne - violins
Beth Condon - Viola
Freya Schack-Arnott - Violoncello


Jordan Ireland - voice and guitar


Tickets online from $15,
$30 at the door,
Beer and Wine available between sets for cash purchase ($5)



Hailing from Sydney, Microfiche are a six-piece collective whose blend of improvisation and composition draw from the worlds of free jazz and contemporary classical to create something uniquely theirs.

The band initially formed in 2015 as a student ensemble at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music where under the expert tuition of Phil Slater and Simon Barker the group met weekly to explore the compositional processes of John Cage and Morton Feldman. After a year of reconceptualising those ideas into a body of original material they decided to document the music in the studio, which was to become their eponymous debut album under their new name Microfiche.

Four years on and Microfiche this year embarked on a maiden European tour which included a performance as part of Copenhagen Jazz Festival. Since returning home they have also recorded their second studio album, to be released in 2020. Come see one of Sydney’s great young bands take flight (...or swim?)


Sounds- https://microfiche1.bandcamp.com/





Jordan Ireland’s solo album is more akin to dappled shade than sound. Strings, strumming, barely perceptible percussion, piano and flute are muted and textural, with Ireland’s voice murmuring melodies from the deep, languishing in the possibilities of the irresolute. The pastoral psychedelica of early Pink Floyd or the gently soaring vocals of Kishi Bashi are fair comparisons, though Ireland’s songs are hazier and more diaphanous.



Sounds- https://jordanireland.bandcamp.com/










Opus Now Quartet Featured Artist






Violinist Harry Ward has performed as soloist, concertmaster and chamber musician throughout Australia, America, Mexico, Asia and Europe. Solo appearances include with the Xiamen Philharmonic, Hangzhou Philharmonic, Orquesta Sinfónica de Michoacán and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras. An avid chamber musician, Harry has performed alongside members of the Emerson, Michelangelo, Belcea, Ehnes and Australian string quartets and in concert with the late Joseph Silverstein. In 2017, Harry was invited to perform at the Rome Chamber Music Festival which included performances with Edgar Meyer, playing Meyer’s string quintet and performances with members of the Venice Baroque Orchestra.
Harry has won many prizes in various competitions, including winner of the Australian National Youth Concerto Competition, the award for Best Performance of New Zealand Commissioned Work at the Michael Hill International Violin Competition and as a finalist in the ABC Young Performers Awards.
Harry has performed in masterclasses with James Ehnes, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Donald Weilerstein, Joseph Silverstein (late), David Kim, Alina Ibragimova, Sophie Rowell, members of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and the Belcea, Cavani, Pacifica, Alban Berg and Penny Quartets.
Harry is currently studying in Melbourne with Dr Robin Wilson at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM). Previously, Harry studied at the Graz Kunst-Universität with Boris Kuschnir and the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings with Amy Schwartz-Moretti, David Halen and David Kim, and at Meadowmount School of Music with Walter Schwede and the late Joseph Silverstein. From 2008-2013, Harry attended the Open Academy Rising Stars program at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music where he studied with Professor Peter Zhang and later Professor Alice Waten.
Harry plays a 1780 Pietro Antonio Landolfi violin, kindly on loan from an anonymous benefactor.




Sounds- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1kSEBRecW4

Source: https://www.facebook.com/events/524428848145562/