Jenny appears in Halcyon’s first digital concert on November 12 at 7pm

As performers, creating music is a delicate and mysterious process allowing us to make the intangible tangible for a moment, as if Holding Light.

Holding Light is an intimate and diverse duo program for voice and cello. Performed by mezzo-soprano Jenny Duck-Chong and cellist Geoffrey Gartner, colleagues who have shared the stage for almost twenty years, this pre-recorded event features five world premieres by Larry Sitsky, Andrew Schultz, Nicola LeFanu, Gordon Kerry and Kate Reid introduced by Jenny, Halcyon’s artistic director, and the composers.  

The macro image of an opal above captures the vibrant colours and the carefully etched marks of human work upon its surface. It felt like the perfect metaphor for the crafts of composing and performing as we hone pieces to bring out their natural beauty. Like the iridescent hewn opal, each piece is unique, shining with its own character and colour.

You Tube Premiere event click here
Date: 12 November at 7pm

The program will remain free to view, but was not free to create. If you enjoy the show, please show your support at www.halcyon.org.au/donate.

Enquiries: info@halcyon.org.au

Artists:
Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo-soprano
Geoffrey Gartner cello

Audio and video production: Liz Duck-Chong

This performance was previewed to subscribers on 26 September 2020

Image © Linden Gledhill