Marvellous Melodies
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The Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra Ensemble is thrilled to present internationally acclaimed artist/composer Matt Ottley’s The Sound of Picture Books™series in a concert, featuring the award-winning picture book “How to Make a Bird” by author Meg McKinlay, with pictures and music by Matt Ottley.
The Sound of Picture Books™ is a journey of auditory visualisation where you get to “see the music” and “hear the pictures”. A performance of the soundtrack is followed by audience interaction with Matt, exploring the making of music, and a live demonstration of on-the-spot composition and drawing. Have you ever wondered how a composer writes their music? How music can be inspired by pictures or stories? How feelings and colours might be expressed through sound? Then this concert is for you!
The first part of the concert will feature the NRSO Ensemble conducted by Marco Bellasi, with narration by Tina Wilson OAM, and projection of Matt Ottley’s illustrations. This is a unique, immersive, multi-sensory experience, a short film, original storytelling, and a creative workshop all rolled into one.
The second half of the concert will showcase Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44. Often regarded as the greatest of Schumann’s chamber music works, this sublime masterpiece will be performed by brilliant NRSO musicians featuring pianist Ayesha Gough, violinists Hugh Won and Alison Fletcher, violist Nick Stefan, and cellist Zoe Heflin.
We invite you to come along for an afternoon of musical discovery, artistic inspiration, and marvellous melodies!