REFLECTIONS ON GLASS Adelaide Art Orchestra and Adelaide Vocal Project In a foretaste of what's to come in 2007, Timothy Sexton's Adelaide Art Orchestra and Adelaide Vocal Project presented in concert version three scenes from Philip Glass's opera Satyagraha. Chronologically the second in Glass's trilogy, it will in fact be the third of his operas they have performed: Akhnaten in 2002 and Einstein on the beach (Parts 3 & 4) last year, both in choreographed productions with Leigh Warren and Dancers. Satyagraha is compelling stuff: a warmer and more varied score, it erupts in rich, ecstatic strength - and did so magnificently here. Sexton led the combined vocal and instrumental forces with characteristic zeal and an easy, flowing rhythmic sense that made Glass's minimalist patterns sound less jittery and more cohesive than they can. Full of verve and confidence, the singing was particularly fine. GRAHAM STRAHLE |
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