The title of this concert quotes from King Lear, a play reflecting on the recent introduction of Nothing into European thought – an idea then imposed on Australia as terra nullius. Rhyan Clapham (Dobby) raps into life the consequences of Nothing on Indigenous identity and history. Beethoven’s Archduke, imbued with a redemptive power exemplified by Murakami, captures the miraculous moment of transcendence as the composer descends into aural oblivion. 

Performed by Satu Vänskä, Li-Wei Qin, Konstantin Shamray, Katherine Tonkin & DOBBY (Rhyan Clapham).

PROGRAM 

Satie/Shakespeare
Things Seen Right-to-Left (Without Glasses),
interspersed with readings and reflections on King Lear 

DOBBY (Rhyan Clapham)
Solo set 

Beethoven
Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op.97, Archduke