Cocktail Hour with Timothy Constable
1971: In A Silent Way
Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House
Fri 13 Mar, 2026, 6.00pm
Sat 14 Mar, 2026, 6.00pm
Percussionist Timothy Constable presents an eclectic program of music composed in 1971.
Duration
The concert is expected to run for 60 minutes and does not include an interval. Latecomers will be admitted during a suitable break in the performance.
A Handpicked® Welcome
Enjoy a complimentary glass of Handpicked wine on arrival before the performance. Doors open from 5pm.
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.
Program
JOLIVET Heptade
MESSIAEN From the canyons to the stars... (excerpt)
TAKEMITSU Stanza II (excerpt)
SCULTHORPE Night Pieces: Flowers
XENAKIS Polytope de Cluny (excerpt)
Joni MITCHELL All I Want
Keith JARRETT All We Got
DRAKE One of These Things First
Andrew LLOYD WEBBER Jesus Christ Superstar: Overture
Pete TOWNSHEND Baba O’Riley (excerpt)
ZAWINWUL In A Silent Way
DAVIS Sivad
RAUTAVAARA Cantus Arcticus: ii. Melancholy
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.15: Fourth movement (excerpt)
Joni MITCHELL Both Sides Now
Artist
Duration
The concert is expected to run for 60 minutes and does not include an interval. Latecomers will be admitted during a suitable break in the performance.
A Handpicked® Welcome
Enjoy a complimentary glass of Handpicked wine on arrival before the performance. Doors open from 5pm.