MCL presents ‘Song of the Eagle: New Chamber Music from Australia and Albania’ for Flute, Horn, Violin and Piano represents a Melbourne Composers’ League international cultural exchange with the University of the Arts-Tiranë in association with the Albanian Composers Association. The Melbourne concert will take place on Saturday, 4 June, 2022 at the Church of All Nations (CAN) in Carlton, Melbourne, Australia, and will feature Johanna Selleck (flute), Carla Blackwood (French horn), Helen Bower (violin), and Danaë Killian (piano) presenting compositions by Ajet Çekiçi, Dorian Cene, Eve Duncan, Houston Dunleavy, Alan Holley, Enis Mullaj, Andrián Pertout, Johanna Selleck, and Silvia Simons. The concert is supported by the Albanian Australian Community Association and Shepparton Albanian Society. The reciprocal Albanian event (which was originally planned for March, 2020) took place on Monday, 18 October, 2021 at the Salla ‘Çesk Zadeja’, Universiteti i Arteve Tiranë (University of the Arts-Tirana) as part of the 2021 Balcan Contemporary Music Festival, 9 October – 18 November, 2021 in Tirana, Albania. The festival included Australia works by Johanna Selleck, Eve Duncan, Alan Holley and Andrián Pertout, and featured principal hornist from the Albanian National Opera Ilir Kodhima, amongst others.

The Melbourne Composers’ League presents
Song of the Eagle
New Chamber Music from Australia and Albania

Johanna Selleck (flute), Carla Blackwood (French horn), Helen Bower (violin), Danaë Killian (piano)

Compositions by Ajet Çekiçi, Dorian Cene, Eve Duncan, Houston Dunleavy, Alan Holley, Enis Mullaj, Andrián Pertout, Johanna Selleck, Silvia Simon

Sunday, 17 July 2022, 6.00pm (Tickets: $20 full/$15 concession)
Church of All Nations (CAN), 180 Palmerston Street, Carlton, Melbourne, Australia

The concert is supported by the Albanian Australian Community Association and Shepparton Albanian Society

Cover image: Zadrimorja (2020) by Zef Pashko Shoshi