Canberra International Music Festival / Concert 13, “Up Close at Gorman”, Gorman Arts Centre, May 5. Reviewed by
ROB KENNEDY.
CLOSE UP, intimate and fun was the experience for the audience in this Canberra International Music Festival concert over seven spaces in the Gorman Arts Centre in Braddon.
Concert 13 at the 2021 CIMF titled “Up Close at Gorman” began with the multi-talented Ariana Odermatt. Playing the clavicytherium, which is an itsy-bitsy vertical harpsichord that creates a booming resonance for the performer because the soundboard is in the player’s face. The very early music performed was “De che le morta la mia signora”, Anon early 16th century, “O ye tender babes” by Thomas Tallis (1505-1585) and “Proœmium in re” by Hans Kotter (1485-1541).
2021-05-01 03:36:21 GMT2021-05-01 11:36:21(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CANBERRA, May 1 (Xinhua) Birds, as special guest performers of this year s music festival, were chirping at the Australian National Botanic Gardens, while people, surrounded by trees and flowers, stood listening quietly and attentively to the music. Last year we didn t have a festival. We had to cancel it like everyone else, said Roland Peelman, artistic director of the festival. Now we are back in action.
Friday marks the beginning of the Canberra International Music Festival, which will run until May 9. The festival, launched in 1994, has become an annual event since 1997.