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Timothy Constable 1971: In A Silent Way

Timothy Constable 1971: In A Silent Way
Friday, March 13, 2026 – Saturday, March 14, 2026
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Utzon Room Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000

Friday 13 March 2026 6:00pm
Saturday 14 March 2026 6:00pm

Percussionist Timothy Constable presents an eclectic program of music composed in 1971

The early 70s saw a turbulent changing of the cultural guard. 

The deaths of Shostakovich, Louis Armstrong, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin and the disbanding of the Beatles was set against Miles Davis’ jazz/rock fusion revolution and the birth of heavy metal (Black Sabbath) and techno (Kraftwerk). 

Music was moving in a million directions at once, like in Joe Zawinul’s In a Silent Way (made famous by Miles Davis) and André Jolivet’s quixotic Heptade, performed here by Constable and Principal Trumpet David Elton. [emus notes that In a Silent Way was recorded Feb 1969.]

Presented by Sydney Symphony OrchestraProgram

JOLIVETHeptade 
ZAWINULIn a Silent Way Artists

TIMOTHY CONSTABLEpercussion 
DAVID ELTONtrumpet 
MUSICIANS OF THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Link: https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/sydney-symphony-orchestra/2026-season/cocktail-hour-timothy-constable

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