Keeping it fresh: completing Schubert's incomplete music, and The Cat Empire's next gen
- Author
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Published
- Sun 03 Sep 2023
- Episode Link
- https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/musicshow/the-cat-empire-rob-hao/102726460
The Cat Empire strikes back with a new line-up and sound. In 2021, The Cat Empire announced that they were disbanding after more than 20 years and played their final show with the original line up at Bluesfest in 2022.
Fast forward a year and The Cat Empire's new crew has released Where the Angels Fall which takes us to a re-energised sound world where Cuba meets Mexico via Mauritius and the Seychelles.
London-based Australian pianist Rob Hao drops in to chat about his project Schubert Overwritten which he is presenting in Melbourne and Sydney. Schubert is known for his lasting influence on the music that came after him, but also for his incomplete music - both of which come into question when new composers attempt to write endings to those works.
