CDReverie / The Australian Voices ; Gordon Hamilton.
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Featured Australian works
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Not now, not ever (2014) for recorded Julia Gillard speech and chorus Recorded/performed at: Nickson Room, University of Queensland, on 17 Feb 14. |
Robert Davidson | The Australian Voices, Gordon Hamilton | 3 mins, 41 sec. |
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Total political correctness for choir Recorded/performed at: Nickson Room, University of Queensland, on 14 Dec 15. |
Robert Davidson | The Australian Voices, Gordon Hamilton | 4 mins, 21 sec. |
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Dark hour (2015) for SATB choir Recorded/performed at: Nickson Room, University of Queensland, on 14 Dec 15. |
Gordon Hamilton | The Australian Voices, Gordon Hamilton | 4 mins, 30 sec. |
Waltzing Matilda for choir Recorded/performed at: Xinghai Concert Hall, China, on 1 Dec 12. |
Gordon Hamilton | The Australian Voices, Gordon Hamilton | 3 mins, 55 sec. | |
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Who are we? for choir Recorded/performed at: Nickson Room, University of Queensland, on 16 Jun 14. |
Gordon Hamilton | The Australian Voices, Gordon Hamilton | 3 mins, 5 sec. |
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Elegy for string orchestra arranged for choir by Gordon Hamilton Recorded/performed at: Nickson Room, University of Queensland, on 14 Dec 15. |
Frederick Septimus Kelly | The Australian Voices, Gordon HamiltonGordon Hamilton | 6 mins, 25 sec. |
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Yuè ér ming (Moon is bright) for choir Recorded/performed at: Xinghai Concert Hall, China, on 1 Dec 12. |
Nicholas Ng | The Australian Voices, Charles Hacker, Gordon Hamilton | 4 mins, 14 sec. |
Also includes: Misra Chappu / Lisa Young -- A Reverie of Bone / Graham Lack -- O Attic Shape / Isabella Gerometta -- Words that turn into other words / Isabella Gerometta -- Underwater basket weaving / James Morrison.
Product details
The Australian Voices, known globally for vibrant performances that reflect on contemporary themes, present their tenth album: Reverie.
Reverie is a collection of twelve works that bring together themes both banal and transcendent, juxtaposing music that is by turns deeply lyrical and ecstatically ludicrous. A highlight of the album is a setting by the group's conductor, Gordon Hamilton, of the Elegy - In memoriam Rupert Brooke, written by Australian soldier Frederick Septimus Kelly on the battlefields of Gallipoli and set here to words by Kelly's close friend Rupert Brooke.
Total Political Correctness fast-forwards to politics of the 21st century, presenting Donald Trump's statements on women set to music by Robert Davidson - which sits alongside Not Now, Not Ever!, a setting of then Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Misogny Speech - a parliamentary condemnation of sexism.
The absurd becomes even more literal than Trump himself in Isabella Gerometta's Words That Turn Into Other Words - a list of words and phrases linked by sound alone. But pure sound is also pure beauty, and in the album's title track, the choir take on the tradition of konnakol - a South Indian art of singing single syllables.
Jazz trumpeter James Morrison is the first of two guest artists, in his own composition Underwater Basket Weaving; percussionist Claire Edwardes features in Graham Lack's titular A Reverie of Bone.
Reverie is a deeply engrossing journey through a kaleidoscope of contemporary culture, politics and sensibility; it's also a celebration of the humour, nuance and sheer beauty of the human voice.
Duration: 54 min.
Liner booklet includes programme notes and biographical information about the composers and performers.
Related products
Score: Not now, not ever : (concise version) for recorded Julia Gillard speech and chorus / Robert Davidson.
CD: Not now, not ever - backing CD and click track ONLY / Robert Davidson.
CD: A Race Against Time / Frederick Septimus Kelly.
CD: Orchestral Works / Frederick Septimus Kelly ; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey, Johannes Fritzsch.
Score: Elegy for string orchestra : Transcribed for organ by Simon Nieminski / Frederick Septimus Kelly.
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