ANBOC 2026

yasha potanin - wake (ANYCC winning piece, 2025)
holly harrison — big things (2025)
connor fogarty — concerto for oboe & wind orchestra (2022)
Interval
warren benson — the solitary dancer (1966)
yasuhide ito — gloriosa (1990)

big, bold and glorious sounds of harrison and ito with an undercurrent of the electric and eclectic
 
Yasuhide Ito's Gloriosa ends in a blaze. It's the kind of finale that makes an audience sit up, and it gives this concert both its name and its character.

Two works by Australian composers, both commissioned by AWO, open the programme. Holly Harrison's Big Things is vivid and kinetic, crackling with energy. Connor Fogarty, the inaugural winner of the AWO Composition Contest, wrote us an Oboe Concerto that was lyrical and searching, premiered by Celia Craig. This time AWO's own Hannah Kovilpillai takes the solo chair, bringing something personal to a work that has already found its place in the repertoire.

Warren Benson's The Solitary Dancer sits quietly at the heart of it all: spare, tender, and hard to shake. Then Ito closes the night in that characteristic blaze of sound, ceremonial and electric, named for a flower of flame-like beauty.