Helen Gifford opera Exile. Produced by Chamber Made opera. Performed at the Iwaki auditorium 8pm 22 June 2010. This recording was broadcast on ABC FM 8pm Saturday 20 November 2010. Published as the worlds first iPad opera (iPad app). Ken Murray, mandolin.

Abstract

EXILE Iphigenia in Exile by Helen Gifford uses an ensemble of reeds, percussion and plucked strings to conjure an archaic sound world as the backdrop to soloist Deborah Kayser's exploration of Iphigenia's interior worlds. Composed in 1986 but receiving its broadcast premi�re tonight, EXILE is on its way to becoming the world's first iPad opera in the hands of Chamber Made Opera and their collaborators APHIDS. 51'04 Helen Gifford, speaker David Young, speaker Deborah Kayser, soprano Chris Clark, piccolo, clay flute Nicole Canham, clarinet Aviva Endean, clarinet Karen Heath, bass clarinet Ken Murray, mandolin Peter Neville, percussion Matthias Schack-Arnott, percussion Eugene Ughetti, percussi..