Audio Sample
From the CD Aria for Edward John Eyre
Selected products featuring this work — Display all products (1 more)
CD
Aria for Edward John Eyre / [David Lumsdaine]. The owl / [Nigel Butterley] ; [performed by] The Seymour Group.
Library shelf no. CD 210 [Available for loan]
$POA
This item may be available to purchase from the Australian Music Centre.
Please contact our Sales Department to confirm pricing and availability.
Score
Aria for Edward John Eyre / David Lumsdaine.
Library shelf no. Q 783.6654/LUM 2 [Available for loan]
Display all products featuring this work (1 more) 
Work Details
Year: 1972
Instrumentation: Soprano, solo double bass, 2 narrators, 3 clarinets (doubling bass clarinets), trumpet, horn, trombone, percussion (2 players), harp, 2 mixers (and assistants).
Duration: 57 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Professional.
Commission note: Commissioned by BBC.
First performance: by Jane Manning, Barry Guy, John Baddeley, John Rye, City of London Sinfonia, Elgar Howarth — 29 Jan 73. BBC Invitation Concert, Liverpool, UK.
Text is taken from Eyre, E.J. - Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840-41 (London, 1843), condensed and treated by the composer.
Analysis
Article: The country of my childhood : reflections on David Lumsdaine's music / by Michael Hall.
Article: Identity and memory: temporality in the music of David Lumsdaine / Andrew Schultz.
Article: Epic discoveries / Roger Covell.
Article: Lumsdaine's Hagoromo.
Article: David Lumsdaine's 'Sunflower' / Nicola LeFanu.
Article: David Lumsdaine / Richard Cooke.
Subjects
- Has as subject/About: Explorers
Performances of this work
29 Jan 73: BBC Invitation Concert, Liverpool, UK.. Featuring Jane Manning, Barry Guy, John Baddeley, John Rye, City of London Sinfonia, Elgar Howarth.
User reviews
Be the first to share your thoughts, opinions and insights about this work.
To post a comment please login.