HOME FOLLOWS BATTERHAM’S SOUNDTRACKS TO OTHER RONE INSTALLATIONS INCLUDING TIME IN 2022-23 AND EMPIRE IN 2019
BATTERSAM ALSO SET TO PLAY RARE SHOW IN JULY
| RONE • HOME is a new installation inside Chadstone Shopping Centre, as part of the Light To Night festival, running from 11 June to 12 July. Rone has constructed an entire house and backyard from scratch, creating an evocative time capsule of suburban life. Nick Batterham has composed and recorded the soundtrack to this new installation, having made soundtracks to previous Rone projects including TIME at Flinders Street Station in 2022-23 and EMPIRE at Burnham Beeches in 2019. “The soundtrack has a romantic nostalgia that plays to the beauty in decay theme within Rone’s work. A melancholic sadness that feels ok to sit with. “Inside the installation, individual instruments play from household items, like the violin emanating from the oven and viola from the television, which gives a sense of the humans that occupied the home.” The Home soundtrack comprises two pieces, “As The Days Progress” and “In Moonlight Hours”. With Batterham as pianist, “As The Days Progress” features beautiful performances by Zoë Black, Sarah Curro, Chris Moore, Josephine Vains and Dan Beasy. “It dances between major and minor key, with melodic lines repeated by alternating instruments. This makes for a conversation within the house as the rooms interact, a home being the sum of the people who live there.” “In Moonlight Hours”accompanies nighttime within the installation. Its more whimsical and relaxed mood is brought to life with woodwind performances by Michael Pisani and Kim Tan. Composed and recorded by Nick Batterham Cover artwork by Rone. The soundtrack CD is available at the show and streaming everywhere online, and via Bandcamp. https://soothesounds.lnk.to/RoneHome https://nickbatterham.bandcamp.com/album/rone-home Free entry to the installation must be pre-booked: *** LA PETITE MORT Last month, Nick released an instrumental track titled “La Petite Mort” featuring the exhilaratingly expressive cello of maestro David Berlin and an equally emotive piano performance by Georgina Lewis. As the title suggests, the music describes the tension between intimacy and mortality, the coexistence of love and death, a transition between emotional states. Composed and recorded by Nick Batterham Cover artwork by Daniel O’Toole https://soothesounds.lnk.to/LaPetiteMort https://nickbatterham.bandcamp.com/track/la-petite-mort |
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| NICK BATTERHAM & BEN MASON – Merri Creek Tavern Sunday 12th July https://www.trybooking.com/DMOWX Friendship, heartbreak, strange observations, small triumphs, bad jokes and beautiful melodies… Two of Naarm’s most beloved songwriters come together for a winter evening of new songs at Merri Creek Tavern. Nick Batterham will perform with Nick Murray and Jethro Woodward, bringing his unforgettable mix of wit, vulnerability and heartbreaking melodic brilliance. Ben Mason writes songs that feel like stories told across a kitchen table late at night — warm, funny, and deeply human. Old friends playing new songs. Come warm your hands. Saturday 12 July, 5pm start. |
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| FIRST SNOW (Music for Piano and Strings) Last October, Batterham released his debut album of contemporary classical compositions, First Snow (music for piano and strings). The sold-out launch concert at Tempo Rubato featured Zoë Black, Chris Moore, Josephine Vains and Georgina Lewis, performing the album plus a selection of my compositions from Rone soundtracks. https://soothesounds.lnk.to/FirstSnowMusicforPianoandStrings https://nickbatterham.bandcamp.com/album/first-snow-music-for-piano-and-strings |
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| Nick Batterham by Lilli Waters |
