Stephen Lalor: Flying
03 February, 2022
Soaring and swirling. Our string musicians are in full flight in this breathtaking music by Australian composer Stephen Lalor.
Premieres on this page: 3 February 2022, 7:30pm AEDT
On Demand from: 3 February 2022
Lalor’s Flying is passionate, wistful music that’s instantly affecting.
A syncopated, driving piece, it conjures images of flying – gathering momentum, taking off and soaring into the air, then serenely gliding before returning to earth.
Its long and beautiful melodic lines seem to lift us high above the clouds, propelled by gentle yet insistent rhythms motoring away underneath. The different parts tumble over each other in the opening, the middle section is more reflective and improvisatory in nature, and it finishes with the energy of the opening ideas.
In its calmer moments there’s a sense of weightlessness, of effortlessly floating through the air, but the momentum always returns to carry us forwards on our journey.
PROGRAM
STEPHEN LALOR Flying
ARTISTS
FIONA ZIEGLER violin
LÉONE ZIEGLER violin
JANE HAZELWOOD viola
KRISTY CONRAU cello
