CD: [A]part / Ellen Kirkwood and Sirens Big Band, featuring Andrea Keller, Sandy Evans and Gian Slater. [2018] : Product : Australian Music Centre

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[A]part / Ellen Kirkwood and Sirens Big Band, featuring Andrea Keller, Sandy Evans and Gian Slater.

Published by Earshift Music — 2018 — 1 CD (57 min.)
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Library Availability: CD 3004 — Reference (not for loan) copy only

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	Work	Composer	Performers	Duration
	[A]part (2017) — big band with soloists Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney, on Sep 18.	Ellen Kirkwood	Sirens Big Band, Ellen Kirkwood, Andrea Keller, Gian Slater, Sandy Evans	56 mins, 22 sec.

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13-piece powerhouse Sirens Big Band plus featured soloists Andrea Keller, Sandy Evans and Gian Slater, present Ellen Kirkwood's epic 56-minute, four-part suite. The magnum opus is Ellen's emotive and captivating response to growing issues in a rapidly changing world: the wonder and malignance of the internet, the refugee crisis, greed and climate change, and reflections/reactions to the present.

[A]part traverses a diverse series of moods and influences. The musical metamorphosis from one section to another sees a vast array of ideas and styles including neo-classicism, chorale, afro-cuban, afrobeat and electronica. With echoes of Guillermo Klein and Carla Bley, Kirkwood's imaginative and daring composition style is abundant here, as she draws listeners in with her narrative-style writing, full of character, feeling and unexpected twists. Listeners can expect an engrossing journey through music that evokes rage, bewilderment, calm, determination, and everything in between.

Duration: 57 min.

Contents note:

1. The internet: wonder and malignance -- 2. On the refugee crisis -- 3. Greed and climate change -- 4. The present: reflections and reactions.