CDs
Voice of Australia
By Various Composers
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Complete Volumes I & II
Features 29 Australian songs performed by soprano Wendy Dixon, baritone Tim Collins and pianist David Miller. These works demonstrate the unique relationship between poet, composer, singer and pianist in the genre of art song.
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See also online, Voice of Australia Volumes I and II teaching manuals and sheet music for all 29 songs, and Volume I in both medium and high voice.
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PDF download of words to all songs
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1 First Person Feminine - iii - (Ian Cooper)
2 First Person Feminine - vii - (Ian Cooper)
3 Strange Requiem - (Margaret Sutherland)
4 Titania's Lullaby - (Hugh Dixon)
5 Auguries of Innocence - (John Peterson)
6 I am Black - (Andrew Schultz)
7 Frogs 1 - (Nigel Butterley)
8 Frogs 2 - (Nigel Butterley)
9 Frogs 3 - (Nigel Butterley)
10 Quel rosignuol - (Colin Brumby)
11 Each thoughtless day - (Trevor Pearce)
12 where the wind sighs - (Trevor Pearce)
13 Night After Bushfire - (Gordon Kerry)
14 Balloon Ride - (Stuart Greenbaum)
15 Asmaradana - (Betty Beath)
16 Turning Fifty - (Paul Paviour)
17 The Downfall - (James Penberthy)
18 To say before going to sleep - (Stephen Yates)
19 She wore a black ribbon - (Martin Wesley-Smith)
20 The bird sings - (Rhonda Berry)
21 Golden Boy - (Stephen Cronin)
22 A Summer's Day - (Gerald Glynn)
23 Burn out my eyes - (Quentin Grant)
24 Coolness - (David Keeffe)
25 Of a noble race she came - (Roger Smalley)
26 Bush Christmas - (Wendy Hiscocks)
27 Listening to the Harp - (Larry Sitsky)
28 The Moon Has Set - (Kevin Marsh)
29 To A Child - (Ross Edwards)
Voice of Love, The
By Phillip Wilcher
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This double CD of music is composed by Phillip Wilcher and interpreted by Jeanell Carrigan, piano and Minah Choe, cello. Both these performers display extraordinary sensitivity and colour with rare musical intuition. An outstanding collection of beautiful music for solo piano and cello and piano.
Phillip has dedicated the CD to Rosemary Eather, a long-time friend and producer and host of the 1970s early morning children's television show, Good Morning with Rosemary, one of Australia's first weekday breakfast variety programs for children.
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Scores are available online for most of this music.
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DISC ONE
Five Nocturnes [1-5]
1 Andante con affetto
2 Andante - largo sostenuto
3 Moderato
4 Larghetto
5 Andante Moderato
6 The Maiden Voyage
The Sorrow of Angels [7-8]
7 Overture
8 Their Sorrow
9 The Voice of Love (from Three Romantic Pieces)
10 Legend after "The Shadow of Cain" by Edith Sitwell
11 Lift (from Two Pieces for Cello and Piano)
12 Starseed
13 Simplicity Itself (from Two Pieces for Cello and Piano)
14 Valzer Rimoldi
15 Reverie
16 His Last Breath
17 ... and with rain
DISC TWO
Talatat [1-3]
1 Hymn to the Aten
2 The Blue Lotus
3 Scarab
4 Barcarolle (from Three Romantic Pieces)
5 Waltz Awaiting
6 Vocalise
I Would Like To Paint As The Bird Sings [7-13]
7 Bordighera
8 Bathers in La Grenovillere
9 Camille
10 Self Portrait
11 Etretat
12 Regatta a Argenteuil
13 Poppy Fields
14 Romance (from Three Romantic Pieces)
15 Without Her
War Letters
By Diana Blom, Larry Sitsky, Nicole Murphy, Elliott Gyger
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New music commemorating WWIWorks by Elliot Gyger, Nicole Murphy, Larry Sitsky and Diana Blom and performed by Halcyon: Alison Morgan soprano, Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo soprano, Clive Birch bass, James Wannan viola, Kaylie Dunstan percussion, Jo Allan piano and Geoffrey Gartner conductor (tracks 1-5).
One doesn't have to dig too deeply to find that many people have a family connection to WWI, with stories of relatives who returned safely ... or did not. Four Australian composers, representing four generations, were commissioned to set letters from WWI for new music ensemble Halcyon. The thoughts, reflections and feelings expressed in these personal letters are as fresh today as they were 100 years ago. War Letters brings into focus the day to day experiences of the men and women taken up by war. From these personal memories we can reflect on the enormous impact the war, as it continues in our present lives, and truly empathise with those individuals who are speaking to us from both the past and the present.
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Concert Program of Schools Presentation - Tuesday 10 November 2015, Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble
Concert Program for Public Audience - Saturday 7th November 2015, Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble
Review of CD by Music Teachers' Association NSW - The Studio - February 2017
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Un poilu australien - Elliott Gyger (2015) [1-5]
1 August - November 1914
2 April 1915 - January 1916
3 April - June 1916
4 July 1916
5 August 1916
'Dearest Mother ...' - Nicole Murphy (2015) [6-9]
6 Leaving Home
7 Egypt
8 France
9 England
10 Letter from the Trenches - Larry Sitsky (2015)
Triptych (war letters) - Diana Blom (2015) [11-13]
11 Gallipoli letter: Ellie (Frank Robinson)
12 Vietnam diary: Great bloody Xmas break (David Wilkins)
13 Afghan emails: Bread and kids (Andrew Hastie)
What Secret Hath the Rose - CD
By Jeanell Carrigan
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[1] What Secret hath the Rose? 1:56
[2] A Bunch of Violets 1:12
[3] Shadow Dance 4:34
[4] Song of the Shepherd 7:08
[5] Palestinian Polka 2:41
[6] Monotone 3:16
[7] Russian Dance 2:33
[8] Hebraic Elegy 8:58
[9] Forest Myth 4:35
Songs of the Outback
[10] The Settlers 2:03
[11] Rail Workers 2:12
[12] Droving Song 3:11
[13] Rhapsody Sonata 11:46
[14] Moon of Bright Nights 1:44
[15] The Swallows 1:59
[16] Orchard Zephyr 1:31
[17] Bush Evening 6:35
[18] Bourrée 3:13
[19] Serenade 3:09
Digital downloads of complete tracks from your preferred streaming sites available here
Sheet music available for all these works online
Wind Chimes - CD
By Phillip Wilcher
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Another calm and relaxing recording of piano music by Phillip Wilcher and played with exceptional poise and grace by Jeanell Carrigan.
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Prelude, Pavane, Nocturne [1-3]
1 Prelude 2 Pavane 3 Nocturne
4 Feuillet d'album
5 Etude Rorem
6 Moment Musicale
7 Autumn Rain
8 Pirouettes
9 Wind Chimes
10 Andante Teneramente for the Left Hand
11 Etude for the Left Hand
12 Post Piece
13 The Blue Gardenia
14 Villanelle
15 Etude in Eb Minor for the Left Hand
16 Prelude Intime
17 Tango Amargosa
18 Etude Eduardo
19 Intermezzo in Db
