WHACKollective – real and imagined resonances

Join us at the Melbourne Recital Centre in a musical exploration into surreal and otherworldly percussive resonances.
Held in the Primrose Potter Salon, this concert is a deep dive into the captivating percussive sound-worlds of three international composers: Viet Cuong (VN/US); Tonia Ko (HK/US); and Sarah Nemtsov (DE). Their works—all of which will be heard in Australia for the first time—represent explorations into the surreal with astonishing transformations of the everyday and otherworldly percussive resonances.
Cuong explores the various sounds that can be produced from playing crystal glasses as musical instruments in ‘Water, Wine, Brandy, Brine.’ Ko’s ‘Real Voices and Imagined Clatter’ showcases the unique sonorous qualities and expressive nature of timpani to create a dialogue between performer and drum. Finally, Nemtsov’s ‘void-imaginings’ is a foray into the resonances of gongs, cymbals, and singing bowls, captivatingly manipulated with amplification to produce ethereal effects.
WHACKollective is a Naarm/Melbourne-based contemporary percussion quartet with a shared enthusiasm for music that is theatrical, unusual, and visually appealing. The ensemble’s mission is, therefore, twofold: to present to our audiences music that is not only sonically captivating, but also thrilling to behold.
Performers:
Aditya Ryan Bhat
Bridget Bourne
Oscar Tudge
Justin Zheng
Program:
Water, Wine, Brandy, Brine (2015) *
Viet Cuong | 15 crystal glasses
Real Voices and Imagined Clatter (2014-15) *
Tonia Ko | four timpani and auxiliary percussion
Void-imaginings (2018) *
Sarah Nemstov | assorted objects and eight microphones
* Australian Premiere
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