Alexander Calder American 1898–1976 <em>Molluscs</em> 1955 oil on canvas 76.2 x 101.6 cm Calder Foundation, New York © 2019 Calder Foundation, New York / Copyright Agency, Australia Photo Credit : Calder Foundation, New York / Art Resource, NY

MSO at NGV: PLEXUS & Alexander Calder

Mon 8 Jul 19, 6.30pm–7.30pm

Alexander Calder American 1898–1976 <em>Molluscs</em> 1955 oil on canvas 76.2 x 101.6 cm Calder Foundation, New York © 2019 Calder Foundation, New York / Copyright Agency, Australia Photo Credit : Calder Foundation, New York / Art Resource, NY
Past program

NGV International

Exhibition space
Ground Level

Booked out

PLEXUS, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Ensemble in Residence, curates an exclusive musical performance in response to Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor, to be performed in the exhibition space after hours.

Performers

PLEXUS, MSO Ensemble in Residence
Monica Curro, violin
Philip Arkinstall, clarinet
Stefan Cassomenos, piano
with Eliza Shephard, flute

Speaker

Dr Miranda Wallace, Senior Curator, International Exhibition Projects, NGV

Program

Igor Stravinsky, Circus Polka (1942)
Dmitri Shostakovich (Arr. Cassomenos) Jazz Suite No.1 (1934)
Edgard Varèse, Density 21.5 (1936)
Melissa Douglas, Shifting (2019) World Premiere
Darius Milhaud, Suite for Clarinet, Violin and Piano (1936) IV: Introduction et Final

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