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Australian Sunrise - Orchestral with SATB choir
By Steven Stanke
Regular price
$130.00
Orchestral with optional SATB, c.6'40
Words by James Lister Cutherbertson. The poem uses strong imagery to evoke the mystery and emerging grandeur of a sunrise, particularly on the East Coast of Australia, where the sun rises above the Pacific
Ocean - “shadowy reaches,” “lustrous purple blackness”, “grey awakening”, and “dying darkness” and "burnt with cloudy crimson at the dawning of the day.
Versions also available with optional SSA and TTB; and for these choir arrangements with only piano accompaniment.
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ISMN9790673142886
$80.00 for instant digital download conductor's score and parts (82 pages) 
Australian Sunrise - Orchestral with SSA or TTB choir
By Steven Stanke
Regular price
$130.00
Orchestral with optional SSA or TTB, c.6'40
Words by James Lister Cutherbertson. The poem uses strong imagery to evoke the mystery and emerging grandeur of a sunrise, particularly on the East Coast of Australia, where the sun rises above the Pacific
Ocean - “shadowy reaches,” “lustrous purple blackness”, “grey awakening”, and “dying darkness” and "burnt with cloudy crimson at the dawning of the day.
Versions also available with optional SATB; and for choir arrangements of SATB, SSA, TTB with only piano accompaniment.
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ISMN9790673142909
$80.00 for instant digital download conductor's score and parts (82 pages)
Australian Sunrise - SATB choir
By Steven Stanke
Regular price
$15.00
SATB choir with piano accompaniment, c.6'40
Words by James Lister Cutherbertson. The poem uses strong imagery to evoke the mystery and emerging grandeur of a sunrise, particularly on the East Coast of Australia, where the sun rises above the Pacific
Ocean - “shadowy reaches,” “lustrous purple blackness”, “grey awakening”, and “dying darkness” and "burnt with cloudy crimson at the dawning of the day.
Orchestral versions also available with optional SATB, SSA, TTB; and for choir arrangements of SATB, TTB with piano accompaniment.
Discount for multiple copies contact keats@wirripang.com.au
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- Australian Sunrise - sheet music and audio (orchestral)
ISMN9790673142916
$10.00 for instant digital download choral score
Australian Sunrise - SSA choir
By Steven Stanke
Regular price
$15.00
SSA choir with piano accompaniment, c.6'40
Words by James Lister Cutherbertson. The poem uses strong imagery to evoke the mystery and emerging grandeur of a sunrise, particularly on the East Coast of Australia, where the sun rises above the Pacific
Ocean - “shadowy reaches,” “lustrous purple blackness”, “grey awakening”, and “dying darkness” and "burnt with cloudy crimson at the dawning of the day.
Orchestral versions also available with optional SATB, SSA, TTB; and for choir arrangements of SATB, TTB with piano accompaniment.
Discount for multiple copies contact keats@wirripang.com.au
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- Australian Sunrise - sheet music and audio (orchestral)
ISMN9790673142923
$10.00 for instant digital download choral score
Australian Sunrise - TTB choir
By Steven Stanke
Regular price
$15.00
TTB choir with piano accompaniment, c.6'40
Words by James Lister Cutherbertson. The poem uses strong imagery to evoke the mystery and emerging grandeur of a sunrise, particularly on the East Coast of Australia, where the sun rises above the Pacific
Ocean - “shadowy reaches,” “lustrous purple blackness”, “grey awakening”, and “dying darkness” and "burnt with cloudy crimson at the dawning of the day.
Orchestral versions also available with optional SATB, SSA, TTB; and for choir arrangements of SATB, TTB with piano accompaniment.
Discount for multiple copies contact keats@wirripang.com.au
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- Australian Sunrise - sheet music and audio (orchestral)
ISMN9790673142930
$10.00 for instant digital download choral score
Bunyip, The
By Steven Stanke
Regular price
$130.00
For Narrator and Orchestra, c.10'45
Text by J. G Brown
Three men declared they saw the Bunyip of Hexham Swamp in 1879, and in the following account Mr. J. G. Brown, of Croydon, tells their story and relates how he took part in an exciting hunt at night-time. Note: The resonant booming call of the Australasian Bittern is said to have been the basis of the myth of the Bunyip.
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ISMN9790673140592
$90.00 for instant digital download conductor's score and parts (130 pages)
Over the Dreaming Sea (concert band)
By Horace Keats arr. Steven Stanke
Regular price
$170.00
Four works for TTBB voices and concert band.
- 1. The Roads Beside the Sea (Herbert Brandon)
- 2. She Walks in Beauty (Lord Byron)
- 3. Drakes Call (Herbert Brandon)
- 4. Over the Quiet Waters (Herbert Brandon)
Original songs by Horace Keats, arr. by Steven Stanke
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Over the Quiet Waters was performed by the Royal Australian Navy Band at the Dawn Service in Gallipoli in 2016, conducted by Lieutenant Commander Steven Stanke.
ISMN 9790673141834
$125.00 digital download score and parts
Quiet River, The (Conductor's score)
By Steven Stanke
Regular price
$250.00
SSA choir and orchestra, c.41'00
Poems by Jack Davis
The poems of indigenous playwright, poet and activist Jack Davis (1917-2000) are significant for their clarity, beauty and ability to impart an indigenous point of view through a Western medium. Reacting to cultural differences and restrictions often imposed by white society, Davis sought to reclaim his people’s culture and history, fighting for existence, land and rights. His poems reflect survival, identity and inclusion.
The Quiet River is in five parts and begins with a call to country, connecting land and sky. A women’s only choir is used throughout to reflect the association of the Emu with the mother.
For choral and all instrumental parts contact keats@wirripang.com.au
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ISMN9790673144514
$200.00 for instant digital download A3 Conductor's score (158 pages)
Quiet River, The (Rehearsal score)
By Steven Stanke
Regular price
$50.00
SSA choir and orchestra, c.41'00
Poems by Jack Davis
The poems of indigenous playwright, poet and activist Jack Davis (1917-2000) are significant for their clarity, beauty and ability to impart an indigenous point of view through a Western medium. Reacting to cultural differences and restrictions often imposed by white society, Davis sought to reclaim his people’s culture and history, fighting for existence, land and rights. His poems reflect survival, identity and inclusion.
The Quiet River is in five parts and begins with a call to country, connecting land and sky. A women’s only choir is used throughout to reflect the association of the Emu with the mother.
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ISMN9790673144521
$40.00 for instant digital download A4 Rehearsal score (147 pages)
Rumbalara Rising
By Steven Stanke
Regular price
$140.00
For Narrator and Orchestra, c.6'00
Rumbalara Reserve, a pocket of rainforest with walking tracks and running trails, lies just to the east of Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. This work depicts the majesty of the escarpment, the lush beauty of the rainforest and the challenging of scaling the ever-rising walking track and stairs. It begins with a fanfare heralding the presence of the sharply rising mountain as seen from the town centre and then steadily increasing music of energy and excitement follows as one begins the walk. A triumphal conclusion brings the walk and the work to a close.
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ISMN9790673140608
$90.00 for instant digital download conductor's score and parts (160 pages)
South Wind, The
By Steven Stanke
Regular price
$130.00
Suite for Chamber Orchestra, c.16'00
Music of Australian Women
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Prelude – Dorothy Albery, c.1'20
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Ballade – Mary Bowden , c.3'20
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Danse Antique – Alice Charbonne-Kellerman, c.3'30
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Moonlight – Marcelle Christian, c.2'30
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Pegasus’ Dance: Dance of the Chimera – Meta Overman, c.3'20
Orch. 2022
THE SOUTH WIND
Jane Gertrude “Nettie” Palmer 1914
“…You will scale the height
And break across it shedding left and right
Cool rain, maternal shadow, fragrant air,
Till all the gully breathes and wakes and sings…
Come wrapt in radiance, peace and blinding storm,
And raise your songs where league-long breakers are,
With leaping powerful shadows near and far
Till all your soul finds utterance in your form.”
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ISMN9790673141230
$90.00 for instant digital download conductor's score and parts (160 pages)
Star Threads
By Steven Stanke
Regular price
$350.00
For Orchestra in five movements c.39'00
- 1. Orion, c.11'30
- 2. Hydra, c.3'30
- 3. Pleiades, c.10'30
- 4. Helios, c.7'45
- 5. Corona Australis, the Southern Crown, c.5'00
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ISMN9790673140585
$250.00 for instant digital download conductor's score and parts (640 pages)