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Goldleafing a Dream - CD

By Phillip Wilcher

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A vast music and magical journey of many genres and styles for oboe, cor anglais, flute and piano composed by Phillip Wilcher and sensitively performed by Rachel Tolmie (oboe, cor anglais), Amanda Muir (flute), and John Martin (piano). Inspired by this poem:
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A gold leafed page
From a distant age,
A dust clad century of dreams,
Of polished stones
And medieval thrones,
Of maidens wandering idly
By streams.
An illuminator's craft
Like a merchant's raft,
Transports wonders across
The thresholds of time,
To tell us something
Of a life before
Of a butterfly weaving a rhyme.

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1  Goldleafing a Dream
2  How Sweet the Moonlight
3  Longtemps
4  Sarabande
5  Pavane
6  Minuet
Three Dances [7-9]
7  Anglaise    
8  Passepied   
9  Gigue
10  Tears
11  Nager Dans la Joie
12  The Faun's Pavane
13  The Flautist's Pavane
14  Magnolia
15  Pavane I
16  Pavane II
17  Pavane III
18  Tolmie Tune
19  Tolmie Tune 2
20  Tolmie Tune 3
21  Song Without Words
22  Adagio in F Minor
23  Novelette I
24  Novelette II
25  Novelette III
26  Dream Song
27  Stanza


Grotesque - CD

By Meta Overman

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An Operina and other chamber music by Meta Overman.

The Music of Meta Overman is innovative, individual, sometimes humorous, expressing amazing creativity and powered by strong visual imagery. The desire to express imagery in sound was obvious from an early age when the young Meta would place picture books on the piano and attempt to play what she could see. Her musical language transforms images into musical concepts and sounds and this intention is evident in all her compositions.

Grotesque is a tragic comedy with quite an absurd plot involving an old man – the character played by the clarinettist, a young girl, sung by the soprano and a ghost whose antics are created by the sounds of the piano. Its structure is theme and variations as in the original version for piano four hands and the plot is described by a narrator. It is a little questionable whether in a performance that is staged the narrator is really necessary. In fact there is no mention of a narrator on the original score though when recording the work a narrator could be deemed necessary to outline the antics of the characters who cannot be seen. In a staged version the characters create the images and the “narration” on the score can be viewed as merely stage directions. The dancer would therefore act out the antics of the ghost and the instrumentalists would become the characters described by the stage directions.  

Goetz Richter AM narrator; Narelle Yeo soprano; Charlotte Fetherston viola; Susan Newsome clarinet; Tonya Lemoh piano; Jeanell Carrigan piano

Scores are available online.
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[1] Grotesque - An Operina in one act.
[2-4] Sonata for Viola and Piano
   Maestoso non troppo lento
   Monto tranquillo
   Allegro assai
[5-6] Two Pieces for Two Pianos
   De Kade (The Quay)
   De Stenen Leeuw (The Stone Lion)
[7-11] Galgenlieder (Gallow Songs) - poetry by Christian Morgenstern
   Das Gebet (The Prayer)
   Der Schaukelstuhl (The Rocking Stool)

   Der Tanz (The Dance)
   Der Seufzer (The Sigh)
   Galgenberg (Gallow Hill)
[12-14] Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
   Allegro con moto
   Lento intensive
   Theme and Variations - Allegro
[15-17] Island Songs - words by John Joseph Jones
   Deep, Deep Blue Water
   Farewell
   Lullaby
[18] Berceuse for two pianos
[19] Pegasus' Dance for two pianos

Heaven-Haven - CD

By Phillip Wilcher

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The poignant and sensitive music, composed by Phillip Wilcher, is magnificently performed by The Linden String Quartet, drawn from the Sydney Symphony players, Marina Marsden, Emily Long (violins), Justine Marsden (viola), Elizabeth Neville (cello), and well known pianist, Jeanell Carrigan.  
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This CD dedicated to Ralph, Kathy, Maddie and Stuart Kelly in memory of their beloved son and brother, Thomas.  All profits from the sale of this CD will be donated to the Thomas Kelly Youth Foundation. 

  

  Our vision is to foster a more responsible drinking culture and ultimately a safer healthier community, so that everyone can enjoy  our streets without fear or intimidation of a violent and often unprovoked attack.  It's every Australian's right to be able to enjoy our beautiful cities without undue peer pressure and crime.

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 1  Heaven-Haven
 2  Feuilleton
 3  Crossing the Divide
 4   Ballade
 5   A Subtle Obsession
 6   Forever Beneath the Waves
 7   High Tea 1
 8   Intermezzo 1
 9   High Tea 2
 10 Intermezzo 2
 11 High Tea 3
 12 Continual Dew
 13 In Nomine Patris
 14 About Scriabin
 15 Into the Silent Land
 16 Consolation 
 17 Remembered on Waking


Horizons - CD and DVD

By Brennan Keats

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Eight works for voice, violin and piano composed by Brennan Keats and performed by Jane Ede (soprano); Tomas Dalton (tenor); Malcolm Ede (baritone); Marina Marsden (violin) and Jeanell Carrigan (piano).


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Print music for all of the works are available online.

All works are linked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdXbg0Z2HbyTYjmquZT842Q
  • 1.  Sunrise Over Sea Mist (violin and piano)
  • 2.  Moons as Big as Mountains (soprano and piano)
  • 3.  Inquieto (piano)
  • Three Japanese Settings (soprano and piano)
  • 4.  The Japanese Poet
  • 5.  The Dragon Fly
  • 6.  Song
  • 7.  Fire Storm (tenor, baritone and piano)
  • 8.  Smoke Haze (tenor, baritone and piano)

Hard copy CD and DVD double disc combination available online - $25.00, or

 

I Thought I Heard a Magpie Call

By Margaret Schindler/Philip Mayers

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Heritage Australian Art Songs

Margaret Schindler (soprano), Philip Mayers (piano)
The collection covers a wide ground.  Some of these songs were never intended to be considered as High Art; written for relatively uncritical consumption, they and others of their sort were aimed at the home music market, at times when singing together around the piano was a common evening pastime. An all-pervading sense of innocence prevails, maybe reflective of the publishing strictures of the times. Choosing the material for this recording was a journey of rediscovery for the artists which resulted in representative appraisals of a past revisited, and you will find amongst the acknowledged classics the sort of tunes some may primly dismiss as too light a fare. 
Choosing the name for this CD was not hard.  Ask any Australian abroad what remembered sound most triggers their nostalgia, and the inimitable rusty-gate chortle of the magpie will usually be the answer.  [extracts from the liner notes by Philip Mayers]
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1 Mopoke (Alfred Hill)
2 A Bush Bird in a Blue Gum Tree (Horace Gleeson)
3 There's a Whisper in the Air (May H Brahe)
4 The Piper from Over the Way (May H Brahe)
5 The Fairy Bridge (Alfred Hill)
6   The Call of the Maytime (May H Brahe)
7   Idyll (Then Comes the Dawn) (Olive Ingall)
8   The Pixie Piper Man (Leslie Elliott)
9   In Spite of All (Mirrie Hill)
10  Lovely Morning (Horace Gleeson)
11  The Thrush (Edith Harrhy)
12  My Bird Singing (Mirrie Hill)
13  Spring Mirth (John Villaume)
14  By the Moongate (John Villaume)
15  You came to me in May (Edith Harrhy)
16  Flowers of Sleep (Roy Agnew)
17  Come Sleep (Peggy Glanville Hicks)
18  I Thought I Heard a Magpie Call (Alfred Hill) 
19  A Little Town (Alfred Hill)
20  Bush Silence (William G James)
21  An Australian Lullaby (Edith Harrhy)
22  Brown Bird (John Villaume)
23  I Heard a Sound of Singing (Mirrie Hill)
24  In Early Green Summer (Marjorie Hesse)
25  Down Sunlit Glades (Mirrie Hill)
26  A Pastoral Madonna (Dulcie Holland)
27  Summer is Dying (Edith Harrhy)
28  Autumn Leaves (Edith Harrhy)
29  In Early Green Summer (Marjorie Hesse)
30  If I Should Make a Garden (Louis Lavater)
31  Our Friend (Alfred Hill)
32  Nature's Requiem (John Villaume)

Improvisations and Comprovisations

By Tinkler, Hannan, Deacon

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A collaboration of "comprovisation" practice engaged by Michael Hannan and Mic Deacon and "improvisation" techniques by virtuoso trumpet performer, Scott Tinkler resulting in more inventive and adventurous works.  The recording includes both unedited improvisations as well as heavily edited comprovisations.
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 1.  Whale Song (Hannan, Tinker, Deacon)
 2.  Beespeak (Hannan, Tinker, Deacon)
 3.  Beespeak remix (Tinker)
 4.  Trumpet Speech (Hannan, Tinker, Deacon)
 5.  Quaquaversal (Hannan, Tinker, Deacon)
 6.  Ancient Cedar Trees (Hannan)
 7.  Ancient Cedar Trees Impro 1 (Hannan, Tinker)
 8.  Ancient Cedar Trees Impro 3 (Hannan, Tinker)
 9.  Bubbles (Tinker)
 10.  Bubbles and Squeaks (Tinker
 11.  Catzniteout (Hannan, Tinker, Deacon)
 12.  African Polyphony (Hannan, Tinker, Deacon)


In Tribute - CD

By Jeanell Carrigan

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  Chamber music by Dulcie Holland
  Goetz Richter violin, Minah Choe cello, Jeanell Carrigan piano.

  The works on this recording are mainly examples of early works –
  some even written before Holland had any formal composition instruction. In Tribute was written in 1932 and despite being such an early work shows great maturity. It is fantasy written in tribute to the South Australian-born composer Hooper Brewster-Jones and based on a short melodic theme that he contributed. The work is for violin and piano, each with a part of equal difficulty, in one movement, and it is assumed that the work was written for inclusion in a composition competition. Holland was very fond of entering in such competitions and had great success with many of her songs and some of her chamber works.

This recording is part of a large project involving a book about the Life and Music of Dulcie Holland and a series of published scores. The title of the CD ‘In Tribute’ is of course the name of one of the works included on the recording but has the double meaning that this CD is made as a tribute to Dulcie Holland whose musical legacy deserves to be rediscovered and honoured.

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[1-3]  Sonata for Cello and Piano (1993)
Allegro ritmico
Lento
Allegro
[4] Ballad for clarinet and piano (transcribed for violin and piano by Jeanell Carrigan) (1950, trans. 2020)
[5-8]  Four Aspects (1997)
Grieving
Stress
Hope
Healing
[9]  In Tribute (violin and piano) (1932) A fantasy on a theme by Hooper Brewster-Jones
[10]  An Evening Stroll
[11]  The Lake
[12]  Nocturne for Piano
[13]  Fantasy Trio (1938)

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Incantations - CD

By John Peterson

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  Jeanell Carrigan (piano)

  Piano music by John Peterson

   70 minutes of delightful, evocative, well crafted piano music by an internationally renowned and confident composer and responded to in sensitively to colour and mood with such musical intuition.

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Incantations (2022)

Five Islands (2001)

Pacific Ocean Blue (2001)

Moon-Struck (2018)


Sheet music and samples are available for all these works online

Digital downloads of complete tracks from your preferred streaming sites available here

Into His Countenance - CD

By Phillip Wilcher

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A compilation of works by Phillip Wilcher performed by Amanda Muir (flute), Rachel Tolmie (oboe, cor anglais), Jeanell Carrigan (piano), John Martin (piano), The Bourbaki Ensemble with David Angell (conductor). 
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1  Still Moon 
2  Study in E Minor 
3  Study in Eb Minor 
4  Into His Countenance 
5  Shimmer 

Pieces Francaises (6-8)
6  Idyll 
7  Promanade for Pelleas 
8  Espirit 
9  Nocturne (The Dreamer and the Dream) 
10  1791 
11  A Rose in Water 
12  Tolmie Tune 
13  Twirl 
14  At the Door of Sleep 
15  Daybreak 
16  Sea Change 
17  Mozart in Love
18  One Tuesday in September 
19  Vale
20  Absent

 

Jo-Wha (Oneness) - CD

By Various Composers

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A compilation created for the Intercultural Concert, 2006 Aurora Festival. Composers include Clare Maclean, Bruce Crossman, Ross Edwards, Stuart Greenbaum, Kim Cunio, Ji-Yun Lee, Michael Atherton and Anne Boyd.  Performed by Sydney Chamber Choir conducted by Paul Stanhope, Ian Munro, Diana Blom (piano), Michael Atherton (percussion), Lotte Latukefu, Heather Lee, Merlinda Bobis (vocal).
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Print music for most of the works are available online.

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1  Kyrie (Clare Maclean) 
2  Daragang Magayon Cantata (Bruce Crossman)
3  Kumari (Ross Edwards)
4  First Light (Stuart Greenbaum)
5  Sh'mah Yisrael, Chant
5a The Temple Project
 (Kim Cunio)
6  Jo-Wha (Oneness) (Ji-Yun Lee)
7  Jiriyai! (Michael Atherton)
8  As I crossed a Bridge of Dreams (Anne Boyd) 


Labyrinths of Lowness

By Peter Sheridan, Monash University Flute Ensemble

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   Monash University Flute Ensemble conducted by Peter Sheridan
   with Alice Bennett, solo bass flute.  This CD features works
   specifically composed and arranged for the low flutes ensemble,
   which is a modern collection of larger flutes that play below the
   tone known as middle C. On this recording are flutes that play as
low as cellos, double string basses and even tubas and organ  pipes.  The innovative performances of this Ensemble have added value to the growing Australian and International flute-ensemble repertoire as well as to the overall creativity of the flute family.
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1 Jesu, Meine Freude ( J.S. Bach arr Vincent Giles/Peter Sheridan)
2  Labyrinths of Lowness (Alexandra Molnar-Suhajda) 
3  Romance (J. Brahms arr Ann Cameron-Pearce)
4  Anagrammata (Paul Ballam-Cross)
5  Three Short Pieces (i) Jazmine Morris
6  Three Short Pieces (ii)
7  Three Short Pieces (iii) 
8  Sherill's Little Song (Houston Dunleavy)
9  Lyric Song (Michal Rosiak)
10  An Ancient Irish Melody (Brennan Keats)
11  Illuminations (arr. Nancy Nourse)
12  In The Hills (Jazmine Morris)
13  Winter's Twilight (Emma Rogers)
14  'Vos Planetarium' (Russell Scarborough)