The Ady Ensemble, conducted by Adrian Head

Brahms 2nd Symphony: 1st Movement

They Ady Ensemble, conducted by Adrian Head

Brahms 2nd Symphony: 2nd Movement

Brahms 2nd Symphony: 3rd Movement

Brahms 2nd Symphony; 4th Movement

Brioschi's Symphony in Eb major, performed at the Ian Hanger Hall, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, on September the 4th, 2015. Performed by Ady Ensemble

Conductor (Le Grande Fromage): Adrian Head
Violin I: Laura Thomson (Concertmaster), Josephine Pollicina, Alison Brown, Alice Nian, Matthew Gillett
Violin II: Samuel Andrews (Principal), Tilly Watkins, Tess McLennan, Yvette McKinnon, Flora Wong, Josephine Price
Viola: Anna Jack (Principal), Shannon Luk, Kathryn Fletcher
Cello: Ngaio Toombes (Principal), Joshua Rivory, Naomi Faulkner, Braxton Neate
Bass: Samuel Dickenson (Principal), Harry Mulhall
Keyboard: Carolyn Worthy

Brioschi: Symphony in Eb major (pre 1734)

Gesualdo's Peccantem Mei Quotidie, performed at the Ian Hanger Hall, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, on September the 4th, 2015. Performed by Ady Ensemble

Conductor/Arranger (Le Grande Fromage): Adrian Head
Violin I: Laura Thomson (Concertmaster), Josephine Pollicina, Alison Brown, Alice Nian, Matthew Gillett
Violin II: Samuel Andrews (Principal), Tilly Watkins, Tess McLennan, Yvette McKinnon, Flora Wong, Josephine Price
Viola: Anna Jack (Principal), Shannon Luk, Kathryn Fletcher
Cello: Ngaio Toombes (Principal), Joshua Rivory, Naomi Faulkner, Braxton Neate
Bass: Samuel Dickenson (Principal), Harry Mulhall
Keyboard: Carolyn Worthy

Gesualdo (arr. Head): Peccantem Mei Quotidie

An improvisation. Recorded 7th of May, 2014.
Pianist: Nicholas Oscar-Reginald Dangerfield

NO-RD Improvisation No. 2

This is a midi track of Rachel Merton's, "Allegro for Strings", which Ady will be premiering on the 11th of June, 2016, in Brisbane. You can find out more about the performance here:-

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Merton: Allegro For Strings

Circa 1996: recorded in real time with a trombone, a silent brass mute, a BOSS pitch-shifter/delay, all hooked up to a Denon home sound system. It's a raw recording (mono), but enjoy the diaphonous nature of the hanging clouds of chords, and their 'beats'.

Performance No.1

The Ady Ensemble was founded, by Adrian Head, in 2011. The ensemble is project-based,  coming together to perform two or three times a year, & whose members include professional musicians, recent graduates, tertiary music students, and talented community players. 
Over its years of existence, the ensemble has produced performances of a high standard, which have encompassed well-known classical works, along with numerous commissions & World Premieres, the latter two the result of collaborations with local and interstate composers. Since 2019, the ensemble has expanded to a full symphony orchestra.

Some of the ensemble’s highlights have included performing the Australian Premiere of Philip Glass’ 3rd Symphony in 2012, performances at the 4MBS Festival of Classics, the Queensland Conservatorium of Music & the University of Queensland School of Music. In 2014, the ensemble performed as part of the CPE Bach-1714 Festival- a world-wide festival, based in Germany, that celebrated the 300th anniversary year of the birth of Carl Phillipp Emmanuel Bach, & in 2016 it gave the first Australian mainland performance of Eddie Sauter’s Third Stream classic, Focus- written for Stan Getz in 1961.

Since the commercial release of the ensemble’s recording of Corrina Bonshek’s, “Dreams of the Earth” in 2021, the work has received the "Contemporary Classical" award at the 2022 Queensland Music Awards. In 2022 the ensemble released its recording of Brahms’ 2nd Symphony.

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