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Discover the fascinating influence of Ancient Roman mythology in Peggy Polias's 50 Fanfares commission, ‘Arachne’. The award-winning Sydney-based composer uses unusual composition elements "to juxtapose the mundane with the mesmerising," which sets her work apart and makes it unique.
‘Arachne’ premieres this August in ‘Diana Doherty performs Ross Edwards’.
Get your tickets: sydsymph.com/3oQTMIs
Discover the fascinating influence of Ancient Roman mythology in Peggy Polias's 50 Fanfares commission, ‘Arachne’. The award-winning Sydney-based composer uses unusual composition elements "to juxtapose the mundane with the mesmerising," which sets her work apart and makes it unique.
‘Arachne’ premieres this August in ‘Diana Doherty performs Ross Edwards’.
Get your tickets: sydsymph.com/3oQTMIs




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You can find meaning in every corner of his [Shostakovich] writing, but still in general the enigma stays.
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