Ruthless Jabiru at the City of London Festival

Event

Ruthless Jabiru at the City of London Festival

  • Date: Saturday, 9 July 2011, 7.30pm
  • Venue: Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke's — 161 Old Street, City of London, United Kingdom
  • Tickets: Adults: $8-25 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on 02076388891

Event Details

London's all-Australian chamber orchestra Ruthless Jabiru makes its dynamic City of London Festival debut with a program honouring the orchestra's esteemed patron, Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe. A selection of Sculthorpe miniatures shares the platform with two vintage American masterworks, Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and Copland's Appalachian Spring, parallelling the iconic sound-world of these two vast countries.

Performers: Ruthless Jabiru, Kelly Lovelady (conductor), Emma Pearson (soprano)

Featured non-Australian music: Barber, Copland

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website

Featured Australian Works

Djilile : for chamber orchestra (1996) by Peter Sculthorpe
— performed by Kelly Lovelady and Ruthless Jabiru
Digital sheet music sample Shining island : for strings (2011) by Peter Sculthorpe
— performed by Ruthless Jabiru and Kelly Lovelady
Small town : for chamber orchestra (1976) by Peter Sculthorpe
— performed by Kelly Lovelady and Ruthless Jabiru
Sonata for strings No. 2 : string orchestra by Peter Sculthorpe
— performed by Kelly Lovelady and Ruthless Jabiru

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