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TALL POPPIES ENSEMBLE
Geoffrey Collins: flute/piccolo
Cathy McCorkill: clarinet
John Harding: violin
Esther van Stralen: viola
David Pereira: cello
Daryl Pratt: percussion
Roger Brooke: bassoon
Ian Munro: piano
David Stanhope: conductor
Here is a world-premiere recording of important Australian works
for instrumental ensemble. Both the performers and the repertoire
have been hand-selected for this project, which was funded by the
Australia Council.
The Tall Poppies Ensemble is an occasional group assembled for
special recording projects. All the players have long-standing
connections with Tall Poppies in that they have, or will, record
solo CDs for the label or have been involved in other ensemble
projects. Such a splendid gathering of performers gives Tall
Poppies a chance to record some neglected Australian
repertoire.
The music on this CD comes from the archives of the Seymour Group
and from the Australia Ensemble. Together the music presents, as
it happens, a snapshot of important compositional and
philosophical interests of Australian composers over the years.
Where possible, the composers attended the recordings.
Each work on this new CD creates a special atmosphere, from the
arid outback and Aboriginal sounds of Colin Bright, to the sparse
abstract gestures of Ross Edwards, to the gentle rollicking
brightness of Peggy Glanville-Hicks' neo-classical Concertino da
Camera. The centrepiece of the CD is the sinewy Bagatelles of
David Lumsdaine, a sextet full of surprises and beautifully
performed. Politics is the creative inspiration behind Vincent
Plush's On Shooting Stars: Homage to Victor Hara which comments
on the life and times of the Chilean singer, and also Neil
Currie's chirpy Ortigas Avenue, inspired by the Filipino coup in
1986.
Duration: 68 min.
Liner notes include programme notes and notes on the composers and performers.
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Score: Concertino da camera : for flute, clarinet, bassoon and pianoforte / P. Glanville-Hicks
Score: On shooting stars : homage to Victor Jara / Vincent Plush.
Score: Ortigas Avenue : music for the Filipino Revolution / Neil Currie.
Parts: On shooting stars : homage to Victor Jara / Vincent Plush.
Parts: Ortigas Avenue : music for the Filipino Revolution / Neil Currie.
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