Be swept away as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra presents the music of beloved Australian composer Nigel Westlake, including the award-winning song cycle Compassion featuring singer-songwriter Lior.
What happens when a great soulful voice meets the power of an orchestra?
Based on ancient texts, Compassion unites singer-songwriter Lior’s energising vocal range with acclaimed composer Nigel Westlake’s (Babe, Paper Planes, Miss Potter) orchestral writings. Moments of ethereal beauty and lyricism give way to harmonic innovations and dazzling percussion, as we’re swept up into that rare realm of artistry and collaboration that crosses cultural and emotional divides.
Commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and winner of an ARIA Award for Best Classical Album, Compassion is an ‘astonishing piece of Australian music’ (Russell Torrance, ABC Classic) and a luminous deep-dive into the power of human compassion.
Entitled Psyche, Westlake’s Trumpet Concerto was written especially for the Orchestra’s Associate Principal Trumpet Brent Grapes. This ‘exhilarating and exciting’ (Limelight) work gives every opportunity for soloist and orchestra to shine bright like the golden gleam of brass instruments.
Program
Arvo Part: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Nigel Westlake: Psyche, Concerto for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra
Nigel Westlake and Lior: Compassion
Artists
Nigel Westlake: Conductor
Lior: Vocals
Andrea Lam: Piano
Brent Grapes: Trumpet
Venues
Port Macquarie Glasshouse, 29th of May
7:30pm
Tamworth Memorial Town Hall, 30th of May
7:30pm
Taree Manning Entertainment Centre, 31st of May
7:30pm