Stroma | The Light Within

Leila Adu-Gilmore (NZL) | Alyssum
R Murray Schafer (CAN) | String quartet No. 2: Waves
Nicholas Denton Protsack (NZL/CAN) | A Gleaming Thing (PREMIERE)
John Luther Adams (CAN) | The Light Within
Daniela Terranova (ITA) | Rainbow Dust in the Sky
Bree Van Ryk (AUS) | Light for the First Time
Kaija Saariaho (FIN) | Grammaire des reves (Grammar of Dreams)

Kaleidoscopes of refracted colour burst from the page, in this prismatic concert of luminous music. A world premiere by NZ/Canadian composer Nicholas Denton Protsack sits alongside meditative music by his compatriots R Murray Schafer and John Luther Adams, renowned for capturing the shifting colours of their wild northern landscapes. Other works in the light-themed programme are by NZ composer Leila Adu-Gilmore, Daniela Terranova (Italy) and Bree Van Ryk (Australia), rounded out by the dazzling final work Grammar of Dreams by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.