 Event |
Inferno
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| Venue |
Wharf Shed 10 , Port Adelaide, SA |
| Umbrella Event |
The Telstra Adelaide Festival 2000 |
| First Date |
10 March 2000 |
| Opening Date |
10 March 2000 |
| Last Date |
11 March 2000 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
John Rodgers' Inferno is a nightmarish 'aural cartography' of Dante's vision. Fourteen members of the ELISON ensemble take on the personalities of various denizens of hell in a complex and radical exploration of the physicality of performance. Flutes are inserted into oboes, live electronics and a percussionist on dog-whistles explores ultrasonic registers, a marauding violinist plays his neighbours' cellos directly with his own instrument while a conductor presides in the role of Lucifer himself. Iconoclastic and scrupulously notated instrumental techniques explored in the work draw on John |
| Description Source |
Brochure |
| Primary Genre |
Music Theatre
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| Secondary Genre |
Chamber Play
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
|
| Further Information |
In 2000 one of Australia's most accomplished contemporary music ensembles will be resident at the Festival. Brisbane based, it performs a wide range of Australian and international repertoire and specialises in site specific works which take contemporary music out of the concert hall and into dramatic contaxts which allow the music to be experienced on many levels.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Brochure |
Telstra Adelaide Festival 2000 guide |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
100435 |
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