Sunrise Chorus & coffee with the composer

Thursday 1 August 6.15am – 9am

Sunrise Chorus - World premiere, featuring original Australian orchestral composition of Clifford Bradley, commissioned to open Rangebow 2024

Sunrise in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland is a beautiful time of day to experience the unique landscape of forest, mountain, ocean and sky, best captured from the Blackall Mountain Range in Jinibara Country: birds and insects begin to wake; the wind through the trees and grasses hum unobstructed by ‘human’ interference.

This sensory feast is enhanced by the soundscape of a composition capturing this moment. Performed by a specially created 11 piece orchestra of professional artists of national and international acclaim.

The audience will have shared a journey through landscape, life and personal connection with this land and their community.

Composer, Clifford Bradley. Professional musicians from Angel Strings.

Additionally, this orchestra will perform a 35 minute program of much-loved classical pieces to welcome you to Rangebow 2024. The program follows (with embedded links to the pieces):

1. Richter Spring 3:00
2. Casta Diva 4:00
3. Caccini Ave Maria 4:00
4. Elegy 4:00
5. Glass #3 (V) 3:00
6. Glass #3 (VI) 3:00
7. Under the watchful eye of the Glasshouse Mountains, composed by Clifford Bradley 5:00
8. Balanescu 4:00
9. Palladio 4:00
10. Nimrod 4:00

Coffee with the composer

Following the performance, buy a coffee (or tea), with a complementary pastry, and chat with the composer and the artists about the creative process behind the event.

Clifford has over 25 years experience working in Film Music. In addition to being a well respected film music composer with a string of awards to his name, he is also highly in demand as an orchestrator, working with many of Australia’s top film composers to bring their creative ideas to life on the orchestral scoring stage. He has a long association with the film-making duo the Spierig Brothers, having put music to many of their films as far back as high school in Brisbane, including composing the music score to their breakout indie hit film, Undead, in 2003.

A few of the films he has lent his skills to recently include: Baz Lurhmann’s Oscar nominated blockbuster, Elvis, Bollywood hit, Brahmastra, Mortal Kombat, the Michelle Payne biopic, Ride Like A Girl, Netflix #1 hit Interceptor, the Ivy & Bean films (Netflix), and the local Sunshine Coast feature film Perfect Messy Love.

Terms and Conditions:

• Entry without a ticket cannot be guaranteed
• Allocated seating
• No entry after performance commences
• People with accessibility needs: up to 100 metres to car-parking; entry ramp; priority seating; accessible toilets.
• No hearing loop at this event.

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