Rubiks Collective performs a feast of works from some of the world’s most impressive innovators in contemporary music. Suzanne Farrin’s The Stimulus of Loss explores the unique and haunting sounds of the ondes Martenot (early electronic instrument) combined with ‘glissando headjoint’ (a modified flute headjoint that mimics the human voice).

Rubiks’s virtuosic playfulness comes to the fore in Jessie Marino’s The Whale Is a Capital Fish, a celebration of the ritual absurdity and technical mastery exhibited in everyday activities. Capping this off are new Australian works from Sydney’s trailblazing Alice Chance and the winner of Rubiks’s 2019 Pythia Prize.

Alice Chance New Work (World Premiere)
Suzanne Farrin The stimulus of loss (Australian Premiere)
Jessie Marrino The whale is a capital fish (Australian Premiere)
2019 Pythia Prize Winner New Work (World Premiere)