Extrema

Extrema: A Galilean Sarabande for cello (with wind gong) (2001)

Amplified cello, Chinese gong and tape 12’

Dedicated to cellist Geoff Gartner.

Second work in the Kandinsky/astronomy cycle, linking Kandinsky’s Small Dream in Red (1925) with the moons of Jupiter.

Premiered by Geoffrey Gartner at multi-media event Celestial Sites and Sounds. Directed by Rósa Lind, with images by astrophysicist Dr Paul Payne, Bangarra Theatre, Sydney NSW, March 4, 2001.

Further performances in Sydney, The Netherlands and USA.