Oberon’s Malachi Gilmore Hall is presenting two compelling musical events this autumn. The performances are created to take the audience to new places, all while staying close to home.
Chopin’s Last Tour on Sunday 12 April, 2 pm is a solo performance written and performed by actor pianist Phillip Aughey, imagining Chopin in October 1848 taking to the stage one last time. Told as a personal letter and woven through with live piano performances of the nocturnes, waltzes and etudes that define Chopin’s repertoire, it is theatre and concert fused into one experience. The afternoon also includes the documentary Chopin – I Am Not Afraid of Darkness (2022), following three pianists performing Chopin at Auschwitz, on the Korean border, and in Beirut – a portrait of music’s power to connect across all divides.
Then on Sunday 3 May 3pm the Omega Ensemble tours to Oberon with Howl. This is contemporary music that’s vivid, expressive, and easy to enjoy, with 90 minutes of new music for string quartet, piano, and clarinet. Straight from the stages of the ACO on the Pier and the Pavilion in Sutherland, the program includes Danny Elfman’s sardonic piano quartet; Pierre Jalbert’s clarinet-led Howl and Anna Meredith’s part-rave, part-string-quartet Tuggemo both receiving their Australian premieres.
The program culminates in a World Premiere from Daniel Wohl, commissioned by The Royal Concertgebouw, fusing string quartet and live electronics into something genuinely new.
Two events, two very different musical worlds.
Tickets online or at the door –
Chopin’s Last Tour — Sun 12 April, 2 pm: events.humanitix.com/chopins-last-tour
Omega Ensemble: Howl — Sun 3 May, 3 pm: events.humanitix.com/oe-howl
