Inventi Ensemble Enchanted Forest at Hawthorn Arts Centre

Award-winning chamber musicians Inventi Ensemble will turn the Hawthorn Arts Centres Main Hall into an enchanted forest on Friday 22 April while treating audiences to a new arrangement by Glynn Davies of Beethovens Pastoral Symphony, to be performed for the first time. Immersed in a forest of special light effects, Inventi Ensemble will perform a new arrangement of the Beethoven classic alongside Debussys Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. Beethovens Pastoral Symphony was composed to elicit the feeling of being surrounded by nature, while Debussys Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun evokes an encounter with forest spirits. The surrounding interactive light forest will provide audience members with a new and immersive listening experience and give audiences a chance to be transported into nature, in the transformed Hawthorn Arts Centre. The performance also includes new work from acclaimed composer Melody Etvs known for her multi-media and traditional instrumental contexts. Pioneered by Artistic Directors Melissa Doecke and Ben Opie, Inventi Ensemble first defined Australian music with their inventive style in early 2014.