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MORE  COMPOSERS

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CDs OF THE MONTH

NEW  RELEASE


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Ragtime, Dreams and Visions

Pianist, KATIE ZHIKOV plays with such precision and feeling a wonderful collection of works by Australian women composers - Elena Kats-Chernin, Mary Mageau, Ann Ghandar, May Howlett, Ann Carr-Boyd and Betty Beath


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The Baroqua Rag - [May Howlett]

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The Federation Rag  - [Ann Carr-Boyd]

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Dreams and Visions - Prelude to Dreams - [Betty Beath]

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Colours of the Sea -
[Elena Kats-Chernin]

Now available

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Mozart in Love

The exquisite sound of the string orchestra, The Bourbaki Ensemble, conducted by David Angell  has been captured in this  recording from St Stephen's Church, Newtown. With soloists Rachel Tolmie (cor anglais and oboe), Amanda Muir (flute) and Andrew del Riccio (trumpet) they perform works by Aaron Copland, Alan Ridout, Swan Hennessy, Colin Brumby, Charles Ives, Arthur Honegger and Phillip Wilcher


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Mozart in Love (Wilcher)

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1791 (Wilcher)

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Scena - (Brumby)

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OUR COMMITMENT TO AUSTRALIAN

COMPOSERS AND MUSICIANS


Since its establishment in 1990, Wirripang has come to be regarded as  the leading Australian independent print music publisher of fine Australian music.

The aim of Wirripang, as publisher of Australian Composers, is to encourage Australian composers and musicians with a like-minded passion and vision for quality music and to assist them in every way possible by promoting their music.

In so doing, Wirripang is also publishing teaching resource books, compilation print music albums and producing CDs to showcase composer's works.

See below for a sample of works from just a few of the composers


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  Adagio for String Orchestra "Lament for Kosovo"


high_profile.nb.jpg (3722 bytes)Nigel BUTTERLEY

The Wind Stirs Gently - flute and cello or flute and piano


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Grasstree Hill - solo piano or strings and harp


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B-Bop - clarinet, cello, piano


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On the Wire - woodwind nonet


high_profile_mh.jpg (44538 bytes)Miriam HYDE

Rhyme After Rain - vocal album

high_profile.hk.jpg (1356 bytes)Horace KEATS

Brennan Songs - vocal album


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Kyrie Op.5 - a capella SATB double choir and sololists


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In Flanders Fields - cor anglais and piano


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Eternity's Sun Rise - voice and piano


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I am black - voice and piano


high_profile_ms.jpg (25889 bytes)Margaret SUTHERLAND

Three Songs for Voice and Violin - voice and violin

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Daybreak - solo piano


COMPOSR OF THE MONTH

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To add to the numerous awards already received over the past 12 months, Peter has just received the Fellowship of Australian Composers Young Composer of the Year Award .   As well he is recipient of the inaugural Sibelius Emerging Composer Commission and   prize and has been commissioned by Ensemble Offspring to write a new work which will be premiered on 26 October 2008.
Congratulations!

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NEW PUBLICATION

A MUSIC LOVER'S ANTHOLOGY

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Some musical vignettes, thoughts and profiles written by

Patrick Thomas

"This collection of poems is typical of Patrick’s personality, professionalism, depth of feeling, and his dry sense of humour which really can tickle ... with some quirky insights into the ‘magic of music’" Gerard Willems


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