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An Australian collection : 19 selections from the Tall Poppies library of Australian music.

Published by Tall Poppies [TP117] — 1 CD (75 min.)
Sales Availability: $9.09— Add to Cart
Library Availability: CD 1016 — Available for loan

Featured Australian works

Four exotic pieces (1961) for flute and harp duo — Movement 1 only, by Colin Brumby
featuring Geoffrey Collins, Alice Giles (performers)
Duration: 1 mins, 57 sec.
Recorded/performed at: Studio 200, ABC, Sydney, on Jan 93.

Wind stirs gently (2003) for flute and piano, by Nigel Butterley

Esperance (1986) — solo piano, by Chris Dench

Dragonfly dance for percussion ensemble, by Ross Edwards

Prelude and dragonfly dance (1991) for percussion quartet, by Ross Edwards

Patapan for full orchestra, by Andrew Ford

Sonata for harp (1951) for harp solo — Third movement only, by Peggy Glanville-Hicks
featuring Marshall McGuire (performer)
Duration: 3 mins, 29 sec.
Recorded/performed at: Studio 200, ABC, Sydney, on 1994.

Beautiful fresh flower (1935) — solo piano, by Percy Grainger

Russian rag (1996) — solo piano, by Elena Kats-Chernin

Pied butcherbirds of Spirey Creek, by David Lumsdaine

Rain (1995) for SA choir, by Clare Maclean

Little song, by Peter Sculthorpe

String quartet No. 8 (1969) for string quartet — 3rd movement, by Peter Sculthorpe
featuring Goldner String Quartet (performer)

Vartarun (1984) for clarinet solo — 3rd movement only, by Larry Sitsky
featuring Peter Jenkin (performer)
Duration: 1 mins, 18 sec.

Variations on a Theme of Chopin (1989) — solo piano, by Roger Smalley

String quartet No. 3 (1994) for string quartet — Excerpt only, by Carl Vine

I'm a caterpillar of society (not a social butterfly) for voice and piano — Who Killed Cock Robin? only, by Martin Wesley-Smith

The edge for SATB choir with orchestra, by Nigel Westlake

Product details

19 tracks selected from the Tall Poppies catalogue showing the variety and depth of composition and performance in Australia today.

Duration: 75 min.

Contents note: Pied butcherbirds of Spirey Creek / David Lumsdaine -- The edge / Nigel Westlake -- Russian rag / Elena Kats-Chernin -- Dragonfly dance / Ross Edwards -- The caterpillar song, from Who killed Cock Robin / Martin Wesley-Smith -- Sonata for harp, 3rd movement / Peggy Glanville-Hicks -- String quartet no. 3 (excerpt) / Carl Vine -- Variations on a theme of Chopin / Roger Smalley -- Patapan / Andrew Ford -- Exotic dance / Colin Brumby -- String quartet no. 8, 3rd movement / Peter Sculthorpe -- Vartarun, 3rd movement / Larry Sistky -- Esperance / Chris Dench -- The wind stirs gently / Nigel Butterley -- Rain / Clare Maclean -- Beautiful fresh flower / Percy Grainger -- The selfish giant (excerpt) / Graeme Koehne -- Le bateau ivre, from Incredible floridas / Richard Meale -- Little song / Peter Sculthorpe.

Capture session: Russian rag recorded on the Stuart & Sons piano at the Newcastle Conservatorium, January 1997.

Performers: David Hudson (didjeridu: Westlake) ; Emma Lysons (soprano: Westlake) ; Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra (Westlake) ; Carl Vine (conductor: Westlake) ; Ian Munro (piano: Kats-Chernin, Smalley) ; Synergy Percussion (Edwards) ; The Song Company and Friends (Wesley-Smith) ; David Russell (solo voice: Wesley-Smith) ; Roland Peelman (conductor: Wesley-Smith) ; Marshall McGuire (harp: Glanville-Hicks) ; John Harding (violin: Vine) ; Georges Lentz (violin: Vine) ; Esther van Stralen (viola: Vine) ; David Pereira violoncello: Vine, Butterley) ; Australian Youth Orchestra (Ford) ; Graham Abbott (conductor: Ford) ; Geoffrey Collins (flute: Brumby, Butterley) ; Alice Giles (harp: Brumby) ; Goldner String Quartet (Sculthorpe works) ; Peter Jenkin (clarinet: Sitsky) ; Stephanie McCallum (piano: Dench) ; Sydney Chamber Choir (Maclean) ; Nicholas Routley (conductor: Maclean) ; Larry Sitsky (piano: Grainger) ; Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra (Koehne) ; Stephen Bowden (conductor: Koehne) ; Australia Ensemble (Meale) ; Dene Olding (conductor: Meale).

Liner notes includes short program notes for each work.

Recording level: DDD