Halcyon presents a captivating chamber music program for voice, cello and piano by Australian composers Andrew Schultz and Rosalind Page, performed by soprano Alison Morgan, cellist Geoffrey Gartner and pianist Jo Allan. The concert includes To the Evening Star, a song cycle by Schultz, that reflects on the creative inner life, from deep longing, through whimsy,…
The celebrations continue as Halcyon celebrates its 15th birthday! Halcyon presents a program of English and Australian works by women, revisiting the captivating music of Rosalind Page, Elisabeth Lutyens and Kerry Andrew, exploring the work of Helen Gifford for the first time and premiering a new chamber cycle by Moya Henderson. Elisabeth Lutyens’ setting of…
On March 15 and 29, Halcyon proudly presents Kingfisher, Songs for Halcyon – a seminal commissioning project to celebrate 15 years of music making by Australia’s leading ensemble for vocal chamber music. Halcyon, a fabled bird identified with the kingfisher, had the power to calm the wind and the waves while it nested on…