CD: Light on the edge / [Phillip Houghton] [1996] : Product : Australian Music Centre

CD

Light on the edge / [Phillip Houghton]

Published by Move Records — 1996 [MD3194] — 1 CD (69 min.)
Sales Availability: $27.27— Add to Cart
Library Availability: CD 363 — Available for loan

Featured Australian works

Brolga (1994) for guitar duet, by Phillip Houghton
featuring Peter Constant, Marion Schaap (performers)
Duration: 7 mins, 7 sec.
Recorded/performed at: Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne., on 1995.

Cave painting (1995) — quartets: flute, didjeridu, guitar, bass guitar, by Phillip Houghton
featuring Mardi McSullea, Marion Schaap, Charlie McMahon, Peter Constant (performers)
Duration: 5 mins, 7 sec.
Recorded/performed at: Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, on 1995.

Fantasia : as a jade unicorn might in the rain (1979) for guitar solo, by Phillip Houghton
featuring Peter Constant (performer)
Duration: 3 mins, 9 sec.
Recorded/performed at: Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, on 1995.

God of the northern forest (1989) for guitar solo, by Phillip Houghton
featuring Peter Constant (performer)
Duration: 6 mins, 7 sec.
Recorded/performed at: Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, on 1995.

Light on the edge (1995) — octets: didjeridu, percussion, 2 guitars, harp, double bass, string and pre rec sound, by Phillip Houghton
featuring Marion Schaap, Peter Constant, Charlie McMahon, Shannon Birchall, Delyth Sian Stafford, Arwen Johnston, Willem van der Vis, Peter Mumme, Phillip Houghton (performers)
Duration: 20 mins, 46 sec.
Recorded/performed at: Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, on 1995.

Opals (1994) for guitar quartet, by Phillip Houghton
featuring Tim Kain, Carolyn Kidd, Mark Norton, Peter Constant (performers)
Duration: 9 mins, 50 sec.
Recorded/performed at: Adelphia Studios, Fitzroy, Victoria., on 1995.

Stele (1989) classical guitar solo in four movements — Stele, by Phillip Houghton
featuring Marion Schaap (performer)
Duration: 4 mins, 20 sec.
Recorded/performed at: Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne., on 1995.

Stele (1989) classical guitar solo in four movements — Web, by Phillip Houghton
featuring Marion Schaap (performer)
Duration: 2 mins, 21 sec.
Recorded/performed at: Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne., on 1995.

Two night movements (1990) — duos: guitar, violin, by Phillip Houghton
featuring Miwako Abe, Peter Constant (performers)
Duration: 9 mins, 29 sec.
Recorded/performed at: Adelphia Studios, Fitzroy, Vic., on 1995.

Product details

The landscape and atmosphere of Australia come to life in this varied collection of solo and chamber works by fine Australian composer, Philip Houghton. Showcasing his talents in guitar composition, several of the tracks also include the sounds of harp, didjeridu, bass guitar, environmental sounds and violin.

Duration: 69 min.

Booklet includes programme notes and biographical notes on the composer.