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Music of Betty Beath CD
By Betty Beath
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$25.00
A collection of works performed by Betty Beath (piano), Margaret Schindler (soprano), Janet Delpratt (soprano), Susan Lorette Dunn (soprano), Patricia Pollett (viola), Colin Spiers (piano), Camerata of St John's with Brendan Joyce (conductor), Queensland Symphony Orchestra with Richard Mills (conductor).
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Towards the Psalms (1-6)
1 No-one is born just once
2 Bella and I enter a dream
3 The Lament of Ovid
4 Mones and I ... Best Friends Forever
5 Love makes you see a place differently
6 Towards the Psalms
7 Lament for Kosovo
In this Garden(8-12)
8 In this Garden, - 9 Butterflies, - 10 Spider, - 11 Snail, - 12 Sparrow
From a Quiet Place (13-15)
13 1st Mvt, - 14 2nd Mvt, - 15 3rd Mvt
River Songs (16-20)
16 River-Mother, River-Child
17 Boy and the River
18 River Nocturne
19 House by the River
20 Swift Tide
Encounters (21-22)
21 Let's Dance, 22 A Loving Embrace
23 Merindu Bali ... Bali Yearning
24 Nawang Wulan, Guardian of Earth and Rice
25 Genesis
Music of the Spirit CD
By Various Composers
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Double CD featuring works by Michael Atherton, Anne Boyd, Diana
Blom, Bruce Crossman, Houston Dunleavy, Ross Edwards, Ji-yun
Lee, Garth Paine, Chinary Ung, SynC, austraLYSIS.
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Disc 1
1 Etymalong (Ross Edwards)
2 Chun-Hyang Ka: Korean Love Song (Ji-Yun Lee)
Seven Mirrors (3-9) (Chinary Ung)
3-9 Mvt 1, Mvt 2, Mvt 3, Mvt 4,
Mvt 5, Mvt 6, Mvt 7
10 Oku ou Talanoa mo Hoki Loto (Michael Atherton)
11 Double Resonances (Bruce Crossman)
Disc 2
1 Sonic Alchemies (SynC)
2 Fue Sho (Garth Paine)
3 Earth and Space - IV (Houston Dunleavy)
4 Spiral XI: Mother and Child (Chinary Ung)
5 Angklung (Anne Boyd)
6 The Whale's Song (Diana Blom)
7 Ubasuteyama (austraL YSIS)
New Art Song of the Pacific Rim CD
By Blom, Hanrahan
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Kevin Hanrahan, tenor and Diana Blom, piano
Containing music from five countries around the Pacific Rim – Australia, New Zealand, Colombia, USA and Japan – this program of new art song explores settings of poetry and letters written over several centuries. US composer, Gwyneth W. Walker, set letters by John Muir, a 19th century American naturalist and early advocate for the preservation of US wilderness areas, and Australian composer, Diana Blom, set poems of 19th and 20th century American writers, Hartley Burr Alexander, Mary Elizabeth Frye, Henry David Thoreau and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in a Portrait of America. Colombian-based composer, Moisès Bertran Ventejo, set three poems of Josep Janés, a Catalan poet of the first half of the 20th century. New Zealand composers Anthony Ritchie, Chris Adams and Clare Maclean have set poems of New Zealand poets James K. Baxter, Sam Hunt, Brian Turner and Gillis Maclean, from across the 20th century and into the 21st. West Australian composer, Alex Turley, set texts from the 8th century by Tang dynasty Chinese poet Du Fu and from the 21st century by West Australian poet, Caroline McAllister. The three Japanese art songs by Közaburo Hirai and Hattori Tadashi are settings of poems by Kitahara Hakushū, Kitami Shihoko and Ōki Atsuo, all written in the first half of the 20th century.
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[1] Glory in the Mountains (Gwyneth W Walker)
[2] Ice! (Gwyneth W Walker)
[3] My Father Today (Anthony Ritchie)
[4] Song (Anthony Ritchie)
[5] El somni meu en els teus ulls – My dream in your eyes (Moisès Bertran Ventejo)
[6] Un horitzó de glòries – A horizon of glories (Moisès Bertran Ventejo)
[7] Suau, la teva veu – Softly, your voice (Moisès Bertran Ventejo)
[8] Stars Alone (Alex Turley)
[9] I am Sleepless (Alex Turley)
[10] Oiwake – A piper blows (Kōzaburo Hirai)
[11] Narayama (Kōzaburo Hirai)
[12] Sheep in the fields (Hattori Tadashi)
[13] ] ‘a seagull’s shadow’ (Clare Maclean)
[14] Afternoon (Chris Adams)
[15] The last song (Diana Blom)
[16] Indian prayer (Diana Blom)
[17] I am the little Irish boy (Diana Blom)
[18] A shadow (Diana Blom)
[19] The last song (Reprise) (Diana Blom)
New Music for Multiple Keyboards
By Blom, Hannan
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for piano, toy piano, harpsichord, MIDI piano
Diana Blom and Michael Hannan, the curators and producers of this double CD of new music for multiple keyboards, were students together at the Department of Music of the University of Sydney in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Both were also studying harpsichord with Dorothy White in this period.When she was on the staff of ABC music in the mid-1970s, Diana Blom produced recordings of Michael Hannan playing Peter Sculthorpe's Koto Musics and Landscape, works that involve multitracking of extended technique piano parts.These recordings were subsequently released on a Move Records LP and later re-released on several Move Records CDs.In 2006 Diana and Michael presented concerts of a dozen or so of their solo piano works in both Sydney where Diana lives, and in Nimbin where Michael lives.The concerts included performances by them of Diana's The Green Man Dances for piano duet.This piece was included on the Multiple Keyboards project but played, on this occasion, by Jennifer MacRitchie and Pablo Puentes.Since that piano performance project, Michael and Diana have collaborated on several composition repertoire-creation projects, notably the Shadows and Silhouettes performance at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 2010.This project, initially involving Australian composers writing piano pieces influenced by Chinese culture, was eventually taken up by Italian pianist, Antonietta Loffredo, resulting in the Shadows and Silhouettes CD (Wirripang, Wirr 047, 2012) which includes Chinese culture-inspired works from Australia, Italy, Singapore and Malaysia.The idea of the "Multiple Keyboards" project sprang from these earlier experiences.In discussion, Diana and Michael felt they would like to create an album of new works that fitted the general principle of two or more keyboardists playing on one or more keyboard instruments.The instrumentation is dominated by pianos and toy pianos (and combinations thereof), but there is one work for multi-tracked harpsichords and another for multi-tracked MIDI electric pianos.
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DISC 1
Cloudcatcher I (Michael Hannan)
1. i Flight
2. ii Meditation
3. iii Vibration
4. iv Birdsong
5. Music Battuta: Double Toy Piano Étude for One Soloist No. 438 (Andrián Pertout)
6. Two Chinese Folk Songs - "Little Cabbage" (Diana Blom)
7. Impromobile - Take 2 (Michael Hannan)
8. Sunshower (Felicity Martin)
9. Two Chinese Folk Songs - "Fisherman's Joy" (Diana Blom)
10. Calder's Surprise - Take 2 (Diana Blom)
11. Drawing Firewheels (Diana Blom)
Landscape/Soundscape I (Michael Hannan)
12. i 13. ii 14. iii
15. Braided River (Diana Blom)
DISC 2
1. Freefall (Diana Blom)
2. Holding Masks (Paul Smith)-
3. After the rain (Diana Blom)
4. Impromobile - Take 2 (Michael Hannan)
Riff Madness III (Michael Hannan)
5. i 6. ii 7. iii
8. The Greenmann Dance (Diana Blom)
9. Calder's Surprise - Take 1 (Diana Blom)
10. Clutter (Paul Smith)
11. River Circles (Diana Blom
12. Landscape/Soundscape II (Michael Hannan)
Nine-Elemental Songs
By Various Composers
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A collaboration of fascinating works by Michael Atherton, Jim Franklin and Tony Wheeler - three multi-instrumentalists each with an instrumentarium covering Asian and Western instruments. Wirr 019
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1. Behold the Yak (Atherton, Franklin, Wheeler
2. Desert Threads (Jim Franklin)
3. Stone Sutra Temple (Tony Wheeler)
4. Fresco (Michael Atherton)
5. 3-Free-4 (Atherton, Franklin, Wheeler)
6. Silkworms (Atherton, Franklin, Wheeler)
7. Mahabodh (Stufen) (Jim Franklin)
8. Mei hua san nong -Three variations on the Plum Blossom - traditional
9. Qi (Atherton, Franklin, Wheeler)
10. 5-6-7 (Atherton, Franklin, Wheeler)
Nostalgia CD
By Jeanell Carrigan
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Jeanell Carrigan (piano)Alfred Hill, the Australian composer is reputed to have said “To me there are only two kinds of music - good or bad. All old music has at one time been modern and all modern music will one day become old so why worry? Time is a great critic that puts them in their place”.
The piano compositions on this recording have been deliberately chosen because of their beauty, their inherent musicality, the craft and skill of the composers and their appeal to the listener. Not considered in their selection was any decision based on whether the style was the fashion at the time of their composition. All of the composers on this recording are Australian women who were born between 1862 and 1915.
To support this recording, Dr Jeanell Carrigan has researched and compiled three volumes of scores of these and additional piano works, most of which have not previously been published. These volumes, together with individual CDs, are available online.
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1 A Water Colour (Katherine Parker)
2 The Watermill (Ester Kahn)
3 The Lake (Dulcie Holland)
4 Pastorale (Peggy Glanville Hicks)
5 Country Dance (Iris de Cairos Rego)
6 Prelude No. I (Florence Donaldson Ewart)
7 Prelude No. II (Florence Donaldson Ewart)
8 Prelude No. III (Florence Donaldson Ewart)
9 Prelude (Phyllis Batchelor)
10 Sarabande (Phyllis Batchelor)
11 Dithyramb - a ballet (Margaret Sutherland)
12 Ballerina (Miriam Hyde)
13 Arc-e Ciel (Katherine Parker)
14 The Ballerina (Marjorie Hesse)
15 Gavotte (Mona McBurney
16 Waltz in E (Iris de Cairos Rego)
17 Echo de Vienne (Esther Rofe)
18 Valse Gracieuse (Marjorie Hesse)
19 Marche Grotesque (Una Bourne)
20 Melody in Ab (Mary Bowden)
21 Miniature Variations on a Theme in A minor (Esther Rofe)
22 Ritsel (Meta Overman)
23 Will o'the Wisp (Mirrie Hill)
24 Prelude (Mirrie Hill)
25 Fun (Mirrie Hill)
26 Meditation (Nellie Cuddigan)
27 Nocturne for Piano (Dulcie Holland)
28 Nocturne (Katherine Parker)
On the Sorrow of War - CD
By Rachel Tolmie
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The title of this CD was inspired by the story of HMAS Sydney and her final sea-battle with the German raider HSK Kormoranon November 19, 1941. This poignant and most magnificent writing by Peter Webb, for cor anglais, voice and orchestra, concludes the recording. While in contrast, more light-hearted works by Peter Webb, Paul Paviour, Brett M McKern and John Martin for cor anglais and piano are performed by Rachel Tolmie and pianist John Martin.
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On the Sorrow of War (Peter Webb) [1-3]
1 Conflict
2 Elegy
3 Redemption
Miniature Suite (Peter Webb) [4-9]
4 Prelude
5 Scherzo
6 Minute
7 March
8 Interlude
9 Rondino
Three Sketches (Paul Paviour) [10-12]
10 A Ramble for Two
11 The Beach at Midnight
12 Canto Popularie
13 Watercolour Waltz (John Martin)
14 Sonatina (Brett M McKern)
On the Wire CD
By Various Composers
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By Stables Ensemble
Flute ensemble of works by Australian composers - Robert Davidson, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Julie Simonds, Horace Keats, Russell Gilmour, Ross Edwards, Raffaele Marcellino, Houston Dunleavy, Stephen Yates.
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Three Sketches (Robert Davidson)
1-3 - No 1, - No 2, - No 3
Three Gymnopedies (Peggy Glanville-Hicks arr Simon Chambers)
4-6 - No 1 , - No 2, - No 3,
7 Shoe-String (Julie Simonds)
8 Echo (Horace Keats arr Brennan Keats)
9 Another Pleasant Valley Sunday (Russell Gilmour)
10 Emily's Song (Ross Edwards, arr Simon Chambers)
11 Night Flowers (Ross Edwards, arr Simon Chambers)
Two Flute Preludes (Raffaele Marcellino)
12-13 - No 1, - No 2
14 Knott-music (Stephen Yates)
15 On the Wire (Houston Dunleavy)
piano and ... CD
By Various Composers
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This instrumental recording features compositions by seven Australian Composers - Hugh Dixon, Horace Keats, Houston Dunleavy, John Spence, Michael H Dixon, Kevin Young, and Brennan Keats - performed by Andrew Evans (trumpet), Emma Knott and Karen Lonsdale (flute), Mark Walton (clarinet and saxophone), Luke Spicer (viola), Michael Hugh Dixon (horn), Regis Danillon and David Miller (piano).Print music for most of the works are available online.
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1 Soulful Soliloquy No.2 (Kevin Young)
2 Soulful Soliloquy No.3 (Kevin Young)
3 Echo (Horace Keats arr Brennan Keats)
4 Romance (Hugh Dixon)
5 Jennifer's Song (Houston Dunleavy)
6 Ylang Ylang (John Spence)
7 Padama (Michael H Dixon)
8 Fireball (Houston Dunleavy)
9 Inner Life (Michael H Dixon)
10 Early Autumn (Horce Keats)
Slightly Latin (Kevin Young) (11-14)
11 Rhumba for Ruth
12 Bill's Bossa
13 Christopher's Calypso
14 Meg's Meringue
Piano Imagery - CD
By Miriam Hyde
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Music composed by Miriam Hyde. Each of the 25 pieces on this double CD has been introduced and discussed by the composer followed by the performance by her. (Samples of her introductions are not listed here.) First recorded in 1986 and now released by Wirripang, available online.
The CDs provide a doubly-rare opportunity to hear a composer speak about and perform her own compositions. In her introduction to each piece she gives an insight into its inspiration (often Nature, something artistic, romantic English poems, or, as a thank-you for a kind gesture), its structure, types of pianistic devices and tips for performance.
Disc 2 contains her more advanced works.
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Disc One
Frost Fairies
Reverie
Woodland Sketch
Dragonflies
Forest Stream
Ear-Rings from Spain
Study in A Minor
Tap Tune
The Poplar Avenue
Pauline
To a Skylark
Lamp with a Fringe
Study in Blue, White and Gold
Lullaby for Christine
The Fountain
Disc Two
Reflected Reeds
Concert Study in F Sharp Minor
Magpies at Sunrise
Wet Night on the Highway
Spring
Humoresque
Valley of Rocks
Brownhill Creek in Spring
Study in C Minor for Right Hand
Firewheel
Piano Memories - CD
By Mark John Mcencroe
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This is a collection of the very original versions of some of my piano works that have already been recorded & released in their final form on various other CDs with Australian pianists Van-Anh Nguyen, John Martin, Helen Kennedy and Japanese American pianist Yoko Hagino. On this CD the composer has recorded these pieces himself in his home studio in Sydney Australia.
Wirr 111 Available only as digital download*Sheet music for most pieces are available online - Reflections and Recollections Volumes I, II and III
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1. Ripples in the Rain
2. Andante Moderato
3. Shades of Autumn
4. Cindy's Song
5. Dance of the Pagans
6. Fleeting Images
7. Daybreak
8. Fading Memories
9. And the Congregation Goes - Amen
10. Song for Cecile
11. Images of Times Past
12. A Parting of the Ways
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Piano Music of Meta Overman, The CD
By Jeanell Carrigan
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Jeanell Carrigan (piano)Described as Koningin van de Klankkleur en Fantasie [Queen of tone colour and fantasy], Dutch born composer, Meta Overman (1907-1993) spent most of her adult life in Perth, Western Australia. Her musical output was extensive and captured here on this CD is much of her piano works. The composer from an early age had the ability to transform pictures into sounds and this is evident in all her compositions. Jeanell Carrigan spent many months researching her piano works which resulted in four volumes scripted from Overman's manuscripts, and each with their own CD recording, and this stand-alone disc. The four volumes of scores are available online.
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[1-4] Sonata 1 (1939)
1 Allegro ma non troppo vivo
2 Scherzando
3 Andante con Variatone
4 Allegro
5 Sonatina (1940)
[6-8] Three Impressions (
6 Schutterhof (Court of the Guard) (1941)
7 De Koperen Ko (The Street Jester) (1941)
8 Stad in Opbouw (The Reconstructed City) (1942)
9 Variations on a Baltic Folksong (1941)
10 Dance of the Char Woman (1943)
11 Ritsel (Rattle) (1943)
12 De Nar (The Jester) (1946)
[13-15] Three "Luchtige" (Light Hearted) Dances (1946)
13 Visschersmeisje (Fisher Girl)
14 Matrozendans (Sailor's Dance)
15 En Toen ... (And Then...)
[16-18] Sonata II (1953)
16 Allegro, poco maestosco
17 Andante
18 Allegro giocoso
19 Charivari Variations (1954)
20 Lullaby (1955)
[21-24] The Nature's Suite (1955)
21 Earth - 22 Fire - 23 Water - 24 Air
[25-27] Three Dances (1955)
25 Allegro - 26 Poco Lento
27 Vivo e Risoulto