About Leigh Harrold’s ‘BigGER’ series

What doesn’t kill you makes you recklessly defiant.

‘BIGGER’ is a thorough re-working of Leigh Harrold’s BIG series of 2021 which was left incomplete, firstly due to lockdowns, and then due to personal incapacitation. Expanded to include 5 concerts, 5 guest artists, and the works of 27 different composers, ‘BIGGER’ celebrates the twin themes of collaboration and resilience across the month of September. It promises to be a generous and eclectic series brimming with joy, largesse, and optimism.

TICKETS:
SINGLE $25
SEASON PASS (ALL FIVE CONCERTS) $100

MONDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER, 8PM
BIGGER FISH TO FRY, WITH ROBIN HENRY

Music of War (and Peace), for clarinet and piano

PROGRAM

Krystof PENDERECKI: 3 Miniatures

Margaret SUTHERLAND: Sonata for clarinet and piano

Max REGER: Sonata in Ab for clarinet and piano, op.49 no.1

Witold LUTOSLAWSKI: Dance Preludes

Alban BERG: 4 pieces, op.5

Joseph HOROVITZ: Sonatina for clarinet and piano

SATURDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER, 8PM
A BIGGER BOAT, WITH CAMPBELL BANKS

Music that pushes boundaries, for cello and piano

PROGRAM

Paul HINDEMITH: Sonata for cello and piano, op.11 no.3

Nadia BOULANGER: 3 pieces

Robert MUCZYNSKI: Sonata for cello and piano, op.25

Matthew HINDSON: Lament

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata for cello and piano, op.40

MONDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER, 8PM
BIGGER (AND SMALLER) WITH JENNY KHAFAGI

Music of Multiverses and Microverses, for violin and piano

PROGRAM

Sean SHEPHERD: Dust

Emma GREENHILL: Metamorphosis

Alfred SCHNITTKE: Sonata no.2 for violin and piano, Quasi Una Sonata

Anton WEBERN: 4 pieces, op.7

Gabriel FAURÉ: Sonata in A for violin and piano, op.13

MONDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER, 8PM
BIGGER ON THE INSIDE, WITH JUDITH DODSWORTH

Music of profound self-reflection, for piano and voice

PROGRAM

Samuel BARBER: Hermit Songs, op.29

Anne CAWRSE: This too shall pass

Aaron COPLAND: Piano Sonata

Luke ALTMANN: Piano Sonata, Leigh Harrold Gewidmet

George CRUMB: Apparition

MONDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER, 8PM
THE BIGGER PICTURE, WITH LAILA ENGLE

Music from around the globe, for flute and piano

PROGRAM

Hikaru HAYASHI: Sonata for flute and piano

Harry SDRAULIG: Sonata for flute and piano

Valerie COLEMAN: Fanmi Iman

Beat FURRER: Presto con fuoco

Robert BEASER: Variations