At The World's Edge Festival

About this show

This year, we explore bounds and bridges, considering the lines that entwine, divide and connect. Join us At the World’s Edge for seven masterful programmes, free events and community performances. This is AWE.Radiance explores music drawn along the threshold between presence and distance, memory and vastness. From the incomprehensible scale of deep space to the intimacy of nocturnal reflection, musical lines drift, suspend, and hover between what is present and what is remembered, what is near and what lies beyond the reach of human scale.ProgrammeMichael Norris Deep Field II for violin and live electronicsFranz Schubert Notturno for violin, cello and piano Krzysztof Penderecki String Quartet No.3 ‘Leaves from an Unwritten Diary’Johann Sebastian Bach Chorale Arvo Pärt Summa for string quartetCaroline Shaw Entr’acte for string quartetArtistsBenjamin Baker, Justine Cormack, Florian Donderer, Marike Kruup & Monique Lapins - ViolinMatthew Lipman & Julia Joyce - ViolaTanja Tetzlaff & Matthias Balzat - CelloDavid Fung - PianoAWE+ | Emerging Artist Showcase, 4:45pm - 5:30pmAn AWE+ Free Performance showcasing our 2026 Emerging Artists.AWE+ | Winterstellar: At the Edge of the Universe, 6:30pm - 7pmAn AWE+ Free Talk from Emeritus Professor Brian J Boyle exploring why Otago is such a special place on the planet for astronomy.…

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