Lotte Betts-Dean, Libby Myers, Alex Raineri - Postcards
NOMINATION: Performance of the Year - Notated Composition
NOMINATION: Performance of the Year - Notated Composition
For the performance of a single Australian work, showcasing the performer(s)’ success in revealing the nature and intention of a composition with clear notated instructions for the performer. Works with significant improvisatory aspects should instead be submitted for Performance of the Year: Jazz / Improvised Music.
A work is defined as a single complete musical composition, or expression. This includes music with movements or sub-works (i.e. song cycles), installations, and real-time compositions (improvised music).
If you believe your performance to be nominated in the wrong category or the details of your nomination to be incorrect, please contact the AMC via email at awards@australianmusiccentre.com.au before proceeding with the nomination.
Lotte, Libby, and Alexs performance of Postcards was a truly spellbinding experience. Together they were able to match the full spectrum of energies the work demands, from its gentle introspection to fiery forcefulness, its meditative musings to its slightly unhinged chaos. Libby and Alex together brought to life the works tightly woven tapestry of intricate rhythms and cellular compositional structures, finding ways to both execute this challenging work and bring out their own emotive interpretations. The star of the performance of course was Lotte, whose commanding control and versatility of her voice was able to find colours to complement each different movement of this song cycle, from lyricism to aggressive tones, almost ASMR-esque sounds and whispered moments that almost felt like like we the audience weren't meant to hear them.