SPIRAL is back for their final concert of 2018, featuring Philip Glass’s landmark 1981 composition, “Glassworks”, and a newly commissioned musical counterpart by Sydney composer Aidan Charles Rosa titled “Metalworks”. Join us in the Music Workshop at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music for a night of hypnotic rhythm and ecstatic energy that’s not to be missed.
Free entry and general admission!

FEATURING

SPIRAL
(Johannes MacDonald, Josephine Macken, Sarah Elise Thompson, Oscar Smith, Joshua Winestock, Rory Knott and Will Hansen)

Soprano and Alto Saxophones- Jasmine Mills, Samuel Dong

Tenor Saxophones- Tom Spencer, Jordan Brynes

Horn- Jack Stephens

Viola- Sophie Nickel

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A word from Aidan Charles Rosa, composer of Metalworks-

“In the same way that “Glassworks” may be regarded as a summation of the musical interests of Philip Glass, Metalworks similarly embodies various sounds from my own musical interests, including the influence of minimalism, post-minimalism, and British progressive rock, strewn with cosmic allegory. Metalworks is essentially the alchemical odyssey, the mystical transmutation of lead into gold.”

Wqxr.org, on “Glassworks”,

“This collection of short, accessible pieces from 1982 was specifically made to introduce Glass to a wider audience, and sure enough, it remains one of his most popular recordings. It includes fine examples of both sides of Glass's art, from the lyricism of "Facades" to the kinetic energy of "Floe." The opening piano solo, called "Opening," reappears in a version for winds and keyboard at the end of the album (called "Closing," naturally), and, with its 3-against-2 rhythms, offers an appealing insight into how Glass's music works.”