Music You Can't Get Out Of Your Head

Have you heard this beautiful piece of music? It is one of the most popular pieces of contemporary Australian music. It is called Eliza's Aria and was composed by Elena Kats-Chernin for her ballet Wild Swans, which is based on a Hans Christian Andersen story about Eliza, a princess, whose eleven brothers have been transformed into wild swans by a wicked witch. Eliza must knit magic shirts from stinging nettles to break the spell.

The tune is the third most performed in UK television advertising.

We heard it recently in a staff concert performed by Prem Love and Elena Day-Hakker, in a student performance opportunity, played by Chloe Walker and Elena Day-Hakker and then by David Pereira (cello) and Alice Giles (harp) at All Saints Cathedral.

Not sick of it, yet. There are several interesting versions of it available on Youtube, including Sarah Cracknell's The Journey Continues.

Sunday, 31st October Bicentenary Tribute

Elena Day-Hakker, at a previous Mitchell Conservatorium recital

This year is the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Chopin and Schumann, two of the most-performed composers for the piano. On Sunday, 31st October, Elena Day-Hakker will perform some of their most beloved compositions, as well as works by Moskowski and Shamo.

Starting at 2.30 PM, the concert is free for Mitchell Conservatorium students and costs just $20 for adults and $15 concession. There is also a two-for-one deal for U3A members.

Please join us for some delightful music at our first Spring Season concert, at West Wing, Court House in Russell St.