Il cerchio tagliato dei suoni (The Circle Cut by Sounds). By Salvatore Sciarrino. Friday October 2, 7.30pm. The High Court of Australia.
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Are you a flautist – of any age and ability – with time to spare on Friday? Would you like to be part of the Australian premiere performance of a work for 104 flutes? The Australian Flute Festival would love to hear from you.
Janet McKay is one of the soloists in contemporary Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino's Il cerchio tagliato dei suoni (The Circle Cut by Sounds), which will have its Australian premiere in a free public performance at the High Court of Australia.
She says, "There are 100 migranti flutes who are 'migrating', passing through the audience at various points and four soloists placed outside the audience."
The effect this creates gives the work its title, she says, as the soloists are forming a circle around the audience and creating an accelerating swirl of sound, only to be interrupted by 100 migrating performers who walk in a procession through the space and the audience, creating a forward flow of sound and movement while, as she says, "cutting the circle of sound".
McKay is from Brisbane and she and fellow soloists Lamorne Nightingale from Sydney, Tamara Kohler from Melbourne and Melanie Walters from Adelaide have assembled about 80 flautists from around Australia to be the "migrati" but are seeking more and want to encourage people from Canberra to take part. There's a rehearsal at the School of Music from 2 to 3.30pm, a dress rehearsal at the High Court from 4.30 to 6.30pm and then the performance at the High Court at 7.30pm that lasts about 75 minutes.
Interested performers (BYO flute) can contact Janet McKay on jcmckay@optusnet.com.au or 0422 422 523. Performer entry fee is $20 to cover the cost of venue hire.