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Spike
By John Peterson
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$35.00
Two cellos c.9'30 Composed 2004
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ISMN 9790720164496
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String Quartet No. 3
By John Peterson
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$100.00
String Quartet in three movements, c.16'40
Written for the Acacia Quartet.
Composed 2016
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ISMN 9790720171692
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String Quartet No. 4
By John Peterson
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$80.00
String Quartet in three movements, c.12'40
The music is written especially for competent, non-professional, performers who may wish to engage with contemporary styles of music and who may want to explore music for string quartet that goes beyond that of the traditional repertoire.
The pitch material is based largely on modal resources and is, for the most part, quite straightforward throughout. The main challenge for performers lies within the areas of rhythm and in the precision of the rhythmic interplay between all instruments in the ensemble. In each movement, the music often takes the form of a ‘conversation’ between the instruments, with everyone in the ensemble contributing important melodic elements to the overall texture at various times.
Composed 2022
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ISMN 9790673142237
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Tallawarra
By John Peterson
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$60.00
String Quartet, c.4'00
The surging 11/8 rhythm dominates the work and propels the music along, while the melodic lines, in their sinuous way, try to reflect the original meaning of the Aboriginal word, Tallawarra - "slippery place".
Tallawarra was commissioned by Musica Viva Australia as part of the "Australian Miniatures" Project for Musica Viva Australia?s International Series in 2000.
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ISMN 9790720093918
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Three Short Pieces
By John Peterson
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$15.00
for intermediate piano \
Solo piano - Grades 4 to 6
Originally published as part of the Wirripang Australian Piano Anthology 2011 edited and recorded by Katie Zhukov
Composed 2010
- A Quiet Obsession, c.1'15
- Watching the River Flow, c.1'12
- Lucky Thirteen, c.1'43
Recorded by Katie Zhukov on Australian Piano Anthology for the 21st Century - Vol. One (Wirr 045) available online
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ISMN 9790720227450
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Three Short Pieces for piano four hands
By John Peterson
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$25.00
Piano for four hands
Composed 2021
- A Quiet Obsession, c.2'10
- Watching the River Flow, c.1'45
- Lucky Thirteen, c.1'35
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ISMN 9790720249971
$20.00 for instant digital downloadTime Zones
By John Peterson
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$120.00
Wind Quintet, c.18'00Time Zones is a work in three movements that represents musical time, or meter, and makes extensive use of additive rhythms such as 7/16, 5/16, 11/ 8 and 13/8, amongst others. Composed 2018
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ISMN M979072014160
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Under Sydney Skies (On Crests of Waves)
By John Peterson
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$70.00
Mandolin Orchestra - (mandolin I, mandolin II, mandola, acoustic guitar, bass guitar (or double bass)The use compound meter (12/8) and additive meter (13/8) throughout the piece is typical of the composer's compositional style and, in this work, creates a gentle rhythmic lilt that represents the motion of the waves on the harbour; while the sometimes wistful melodies attempt to evoke the beauty of both the natural (the water, the Botanic Gardens) and the urban (the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Sydney Opera House) elements that combine to make this city such a memorable place.
This work was commissioned for the International Mandolin Festival Sydney 2008.
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ISMN 9790720078700
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Veni Creator Spiritus
By John Peterson
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$25.00
SATB Choir Unaccompanied, c.5'45
Veni Creator Spiritus is a short unaccompanied choral setting of the text attributed to Rabanus Maurus (d. 856). The work begins with a free arrangement based on the plainchant melody originally associated with the text, written in a rather traditional musical style, followed by music that features a quite different stylistic approach, and which also makes use of the text in quite different ways. The latter part of the piece makes extensive use of additive rhythmic structures, and regular changes of metre, in attempt to turn the setting into one that is essentially celebratory and rhythmically-exciting.
Composed 2010/2019
Discount on multiple copies contact keats@wirripang.com.au
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ISMN 9790673144170
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Visions in Blue (flute)
By John Peterson
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$45.00
Flute and piano c.11'00Three movements:
- 1. Big City Blues, fast and very rhythmic - 3'40
- 2. Across the Oceans Deep and Blue, simple statements of motivic figures developing in intensity - 4'15
- 3. Under Bright Blue Skies, again fast and rhythmic but much less anxious and a more joyous celebration of living in wide open and richly diverse landscapes - 3'45
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ISMN M9790720172613
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Visions in Blue (oboe)
By John Peterson
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$45.00
Oboe and piano c.11'00Three movements:
- 1. Big City Blues, fast and very rhythmic - 3'40
- 2. Across the Oceans Deep and Blue, simple statements of motivic figures developing in intensity - 4'15
- 3. Under Bright Blue Skies, again fast and rhythmic but much less anxious and a more joyous celebration of living in wide open and richly diverse landscapes - 3'45
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ISMN M9790900979940
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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.
Available only on Apple Music
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.
Wirr 086
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)