Seven Times Around the Sun

Commissioned by Konzertprojekt for 'Light Qualities' at VIVID2019.

Saturated State

Sorrow Passes and We Remain

"The Synthetic Glasshouse" is an electroacoustic work inspired by Australian artwork "In Dreams" by Lilli Waters (pictured).
 The piece imagines the sound world of the fish as it moves from being motionless to trying to escape from the plastic bag. The music reflects the immense beauty of the fish, as well as the reality that this fish is trapped.

November 2017.

The Synthetic Glasshouse

'Inside the Mosaic' has no one meaning. Rather, the music has the potential to prompt a collection of different ideas and emotions. The piece invites the listener to journey into a playful world of colour and texture. The musical fragments that move across the ensemble fit together perfectly - just like a mosaic. There is a sense of how strange it would be to be inside a mosaic, and at the same time a sense of wonder at being inside this fragmented world.

This is a live recording of the premiere at the Brett Whiteley Studio, 19 November 2017.
Performed by Emily Duffill, Emma Hunt, Emma Lefroy and Eva Li. 

November 2017.

Inside The Mosaic

In our world, there are many who don't belong, who don't have a home, who don't have a place of safety. Compassion seems elusive, yet compassion is exactly what we all need daily - for ourselves and others. 'Towards Home' reflects on the needs of our world, and the potential that individuals and communities have to be instruments of change.
"See their faces. Do we care?"

Commissioned by Radford College, Canberra. 
Premiered by Radford College Camerata Choir, Chorale and Corelli String Orchestra at the High Court of Australia, 6 April 2018.

Towards Home

'The Last Hours': reflections on a life well lived. Fleeting breaths, final joys, fear, anguish, grief, peace.

This is a live recording of the premiere at the Brett Whiteley Studio, 18 November 2018.

Sophie Van Dijk - Composer

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