IN an upcoming two-part performance at the Kalamunda Performing Arts Centre the violin, wooden flute, cello and bouzouki will take the listener on a journey from dawn to dusk and dusk to dawn at the Torbay Inlet, wetlands and surrounding karri forest.

In the first half Robert Zielinski on the violin and his partner Manuela Centanni on flute take the audience on a journey through some of Zielinski’s original compositions inspired by the south west and also some old traditional Irish melodies such as Captain O’Kane and The Lament for Limerick.

Cellist Camille Lalanne and John Reed playing bouzouki will join Zielinski and Centanni in the second half of the show.

The four musicians will play the dawn to dusk part of Kiangardarup, an album which took Zielinski six years to compose.

“Kiangardarup is an hour-long piece inspired by the Torbay Inlet in Western Australia’s great southern region,” he said.

“The fiddle or violin is like the main storyteller; the wooden flute is the answer to the fiddle like the call and answer that exists in the wild. The flute also inhabits the sky.

“The bouzouki is the top of the water, liquid and reflective and the cello is under the water and soil.

“The piece goes from dawn to dusk and dusk to dawn so it’s like a cinematic walk through.”

Zielinski said he discovered the inlet when he moved to Torbay to focus on violin making.

“I just couldn’t believe the place existed.

“I really think the Torbay Inlet has been a very special place going back in time to this present day.

“The name Kiangardarup was given to us by Minang elder Vernice Gillies.”

Centanni’s photographs of the inlet and surrounding country as well as Zielinski’s audio recordings of the bush will accompany the performance.

Last year the four musicians played Kiangardarup at the Perth Concert Hall.

“Six years of work all came together somehow,” he said.

“I don’t remember it to be honest, but I was told afterwards we received a standing ovation.

“We hope there’ll be something for everyone and we like to think of it as a kind of celebration, a chance to share music, story and have a great night out.”