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Ngana : the Australian Voices sing Australian choral music.
- Published by Australian Voices [VOICESCD004] — 1 CD (63 min.)
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Ngana featured works by seven young Australian composers, five of whom sang with the ensemble itself. Composers include Stephen Leek, Paul Stanhope, Daniel Walker, Jacqueline Atherton, Matthew Orlovich, Kathryn Reeves and Julian Callaghan. The chief work, Once on a Mountain, by Leek, won the Sounds Australian Critics Award in 1990 for Best Choral Work by an Australian Composer.
Duration: 63 min.
Contents note: Ngana (from Songs of passage) / Stephen Leek -- Explorers journal / Paul Stanhope -- Elegy written in a country church yard / Daniel Walker -- 'tis easeful here / Jacqueline Atherton -- Once on a mountain / Stephen Leek -- On Sutherland's grave / Matthew Orlovich -- The seventh day / Kathryn Reeves -- Stars / Julian Callaghan -- South Australia / Stephen Leek.
Booklet includes programme notes.
Capture session: Recorded in the Concert Hall of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Brisbane in 1997.
Performers: The Australian Voices ; Stephen Leek (conductor) ; Anna Starr (oboe: The seventh day).
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