Helen Svoboda double bass / voice
Peter Knight trumpet / electronics
Aviva Endean clarinet

Helen Svoboda (Australia, 1994)
solo improvisation (2022) 20’

Peter Knight (Australia, 1965)
solo improvisation (2022) 20’

Aviva Endean (Australia)
solo improvisation (2022) 20’

Celebrating its 25th year in 2019, the Australian Art Orchestra (AAO) commissioned a series of solo improvised performances – a series now being released as a triple album on its own imprint. The recordings present the distinctive, idiosyncratic personal instrumental languages that AAO consists of up close. This concert features three of those soloists, toasting the release and providing the opportunity to experience the innovations of AAO collaborators first-hand.

Helen Svoboda weaves vocal tessiture with arco bass harmonics to create a beguiling polyphony. AAO artistic director Peter Knight brings his distinctive approach to the trumpet, using breath and tones processed by a range of delays and tape loops. Aviva Endean closes out the event creating immersive sound worlds with prepared and modified clarinets and lo-fi electronics.

Produced by hcmf// supported by the British Council and the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as part of UK/Australia Season 2021-22; also supported by Australia Council for the Arts and Creative Victoria

Photo: Helen Svoboda © Sarah Walker