Four performances at the 2024 Martinborough Music Festival. The concerts featured works by Bartok, Weber, Mozart and Brahms, along with the New Zealand Premiere of Thomas Ades' Alchymia for Basset clarinet and String Quartet.
NTRO Output Type
- Curated Exhibition, Event or Festival
NTRO Output Category
- Curated Exhibition, Event or Festival : Festival
Place
Martinborough, New ZealandVenue
Martinborough Town HallStart Date
2024-09-27End Date
2024-09-29Medium
performingResearch Statement
The field is music performance: the realisation of chamber music which features the clarinet. The research question is: Is it possible to add a unique layer of musical expression to a new notated score through performer interactions and workshops? What effect does my method of interpretation have on the final performance outcome?
The research contribution is the realisation of Bartok's Contrasts, Mozart's Kegelstatt Trio, Brahms Clarinet Quintet, Weber's Clarinet Quintet and Thomas Ades' Alchymia. The innovation involves my unique artistic interpretation and use of sound colours to add a new dimension of expression to the works beyond the noted score. The interactions between performers that are created as a result of the festival environment lead to new and unique performances of these existing works.
The Martinborough Music Festival is a highly regarded chamber music festival in New Zealand. The festival brings together a roster of the worlds leading musicians from Australia, New Zealand and Europe. All of the performances were recorded for national broadcast on Radio New Zealand.Size or Duration of Work
4 Performances, 140 minutes in totalAffiliation
David Griffiths, University of Melbourne
