Concert 1 - Myths and Fairytales

Our first concert is, in part, a celebration of one of the 20th century’s most exquisite and refined composers, Maurice Ravel. Opening with the perfumed and dark exoticism of his Chansons Madécasses, we continue with Mei Yi Foo’s performance of Ravel’s staggering fairytale masterpiece, Gaspard de la Nuit. Joshua Batty brings us Debussy’s mysterious and haunting work for solo flute, Syrinx, and our concert concludes with the Lyrebird Trio in a wild fantasy from 21st century Australia, Nigel Westlake’s Piano Trio.