Sydney MicroFest presents their second celebration of microtonal and mesotonal music in 2025, this time on the North side.
Free event, donations gratefully received.
Our special guests, The Yak Herders, perform their new work ‘The Space In Between the Things Between The Spaces’. Andy Milne principal composer on lumatone, Farrah Sa’adullah on violin, Brad Gill on malletKAT, Christina Laki on Ubass and fretless electric bass.
Clocks and Clouds have another scintillating work ‘Artesian Fountains’. Kraig Grady and Terumi Narushima perform on Meta-slendro vibraphone, meta-slendro reed organ.
Michael Hugh Dixon’s new aria ‘Ours is Simply the Way Back’ will be performed by Wendy Dixon (soprano), Kathryn Bennets (recorder), Greg van der Struik (trombone) and the composer (horn).
Kathryn also performs ‘Rejoin’ for recorder and pre-recorded horn ensemble. Greg perfoms ‘Stillness' of unceasing activity’. And the trio ‘Door of Many Mysteries – Reopened’ for soprano, horn and trombone. Works by Michael.
Completing the event are the duos Matthias Sebastian Krūger's ‘Residual’ for recorder and horn and Praveen Venkataramana's ‘Reflection III’ for horn and trombone.