David Lang
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Articles by and about David Lang
Notes on Art - composers at AYO's National Music Camp by Kimberley Pearson
In January 2009, the 61st annual Australian Youth Orchestra’s National Music Camp convened at Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium of Music, playing host to a vibrant community of 250 musicians, composers, arts administrators, music journalists and broadcasters. During two weeks of intensive musical activity, young composers Amy Bastow, Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, David Lang and Timothy Tate were asked to compose works based on an artwork currently on display at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Katy Abbott: The Peasant Prince by David Lang
This is an excellent idea for an orchestra’s ‘education program’ concert: taking a well-known children’s picture book and having an Australian composer set it to music. A familiar story is bound to get children and their families interested, being something they already relate to, thereby (hopefully) offering a pathway into the ‘mysteries’ of other orchestral music...
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Elgar's Enigma - and so much more by David Lang
Don’t let the title of this concert ('Elgar's Enigma') mislead you – yes, Elgar’s Enigma Variations did feature in the program for this Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Master Series concert, but so did two other works whose reception showed that (despite being totally different to Elgar) they were just as deserving of having the concert named after them. Elgar no doubt got the usual subscribers through the door, but the first half of the program comprised of, not one, but two Australian works, both of which were given firmly convincing performances.
Adelaide Chamber Singers – float or swim? by David Lang
Each of the Adelaide Chamber Singers' three subscription series concerts features a new work especially commissioned by the choir. So far we’ve had two of these world premieres, and the third, Calvin Bowman’s Songs of Radiance, is lined up for the final concert in December...