cyrus louis meurant
TRANSCRIPT
Cyrus Louis Meurant
The Bow and the Lyre:
Harmonious structures and opposite tensions –
collaboration and extramusical inspiration in composition
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
The University of Sydney
Volume III
A guide to accompanying media
submitted in partial fulfilment
of requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Musical Arts
Contents
1. Monday to Friday………….1
2. Concertino………………….2
3. Prelude and Vessel…………3
4. Le Petit Prince……………...4
5. HERAKLEITOS…………...8
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Monday to Friday
STUDIO RECORDING
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Concertino for Clarinet and String Quartet
Performed by the Omega Ensemble
David Rowden, Artistic Director and Clarinet
Veronique Serret – Violin I
Airena Nakamura – Violin II
Neil Thompson – Viola
Paul Stender – Cello
Thursday 25 October 2018
Gordon Darling Hall, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
LIVE RECORDING
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Prelude for String Orchestra
and
Vessel for String Orchestra
Performed by the Australian Chamber Orchestra Collective
Pekka Kuusisto, Artistic Director and Violin
Thursday 25 March 2018
Margaret River Cultural Centre, Western Australia
LIVE VIDEO RECORDING
Vessel Premiere – The Cell Block Theatre, National Art School, Sydney
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Le Petit Prince
Performed by Divadlo F.X. Šaldy, Liberec, Czech Republic
Choreography by Margaux Thomas
Directed by Macbeth Kaněra
Music by Cyrus Meurant
Cyrus Meurant – Violin
Maxim Biriucov – Piano
Friday 16 February 2018 – PREMIERE
Malé divadlo – DIVADLO F. X. ŠALDY LIBEREC, Czech Republic
LIVE VIDEO RECORDING
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HERAKLEITOS An Opera by Cyrus Meurant
Libretto by Cyrus Meurant derived from the translations of The Fragments of Heraclitus by John Burnet and G.T.W. Patrick.
Musical Director – Rebecca Lang
Light Design – Hilton Jones
Dramaturge – Caroline Staunton
HERAKLEITOS – Birger Radde
WOMAN – Samantha Britt
MAN – Ziad Nehme
Kreuzberger Kamerata
Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Kleiner Saal
Hamburg, Germany
Saturday 9 June 2018 – PREMIERE
LIVE VIDEO RECORDING
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