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CD
The best of Peter Sculthorpe / Stuart Challender, David Porcelijn, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Synergy.
Library shelf no. CD 1545 [Available for loan]
Score
Djilile : arranged for percussion ensemble / Peter Sculthorpe
Library shelf no. 785.6814/SCU 1 [Available for loan]
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Work Details
Year: 1986, this version: 1990
Instrumentation: Percussion (4 players) conisisting of: Vibraphone, 2 marimbas, tam tam, thunder sheet, 2 rain sticks.
Duration: 7 min.
Difficulty: Medium
Dedication note: Written for Synergy Percussion
Djilile is partly based on an adaptation of an Aboriginal melody collected in Arnhem Land in the late fifties by A.P. Elkin and Trevor Jones. The title means 'whistling-duck on a billabong'.
Analysis
Program note: Peter Sculthorpe's "Djilile"
by Peter Sculthorpe
Source: the score of this work
Program note: Peter Sculthorpe's "Djilile"
by Peter Sculthorpe
Source: the score of this work
Program note: Peter Sculthorpe's "Djilile"
by Peter Sculthorpe
Source: the score of this work
Program note: Peter Sculthorpe's "Djilile"
by Peter Sculthorpe
Source: the score of this work
Resonate article: Synergy and Grainger Quartet by Australian Music Centre
Kit: Sculthorpe : an icon of Australian music / music resource kit by Graeme Skinner
Subjects
- Inspired by: Indigenous Australian Culture
- Has as subject/About: Landscape and Nature
Performances of this work
18 Nov 2011: at Lunchtime Recital - Eric Christopher Perry and Bronwyn Blaiklock (Oddie Room, Art Gallery of Ballarat). Featuring Bronwyn Blaiklock.
16 Sep 2011: at Brighton to Bondi (Sydney Town Hall). Featuring Elizabeth Scott, Brett Weymark, Sydney Philharmonia.
9 Jul 2011: at Ruthless Jabiru at the City of London Festival (Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke's). Featuring Ruthless Jabiru, Kelly Lovelady.
9 Apr 2011: at Overlander (Castlemaine Uniting Church). Featuring Overlander.
31 Jul 2010: at Sunset Series (Townsville Civic Theatre). Featuring Synergy Percussion.
22 May 2010: at Sculthorpe & Spain (Fitter's Workshop). Featuring Tamara Anna Cislowska.
5 Oct 03: Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Featuring John Williams.
2 May 95: Purcell Room, London.. Featuring Fretwork (Musical group).
7 Mar 90: Adelaide Festival of the Arts.. Featuring Synergy Percussion.
12 May 89: Basil Jones Theatre, Brisbane. Featuring Stephen Savage.
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