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Inspirations

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Inspirations / Ian Holtham, piano.

  • Published by Tall Poppies — 2013 [TP227] — 1 CD (54 min.)
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Featured Australian works

  Work Composer PerformersDuration
Glisten (2013) for solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Melba Hall, University of Melbourne, on 2013.
Katy Abbott Ian Holtham 3 mins, 58 sec.
As it were (2011) — solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Melba Hall, University of Melbourne, on 2013.
Elliott Gyger Ian Holtham 7 mins, 13 sec.
Allusion, introspection and ascension (2012) three pieces for solo piano — 'The Petrarch ascension' only
Recorded/performed at: Melba Hall, University of Melbourne, on 2013.
Stuart Greenbaum Ian Holtham 6 mins, 45 sec.
Homage to Liszt (2013) — solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Melba Hall, University of Melbourne, on 2013.
Johanna Selleck Ian Holtham 9 mins, 8 sec.
Response (2012) for piano
Recorded/performed at: Melba Hall, University of Melbourne, on 2013.
Barry Conyngham Ian Holtham 7 mins, 47 sec.
Incision (2012) after D.960/II, for solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Melba Hall, University of Melbourne, on 2013.
Elliott Gyger Ian Holtham 7 mins, 25 sec.
Schubert 3 (2012) solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Melba Hall, University of Melbourne, on 2013.
Mark Pollard Ian Holtham 4 mins, 55 sec.
Allusion, introspection and ascension (2012) three pieces for solo piano — Schubert: 1828, an introspection
Recorded/performed at: Melba Hall, University of Melbourne, on 2013.
Stuart Greenbaum Ian Holtham 5 mins, 1 sec.

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They say there is nothing new under the sun. New works of art challenge this notion. In this new piano recording by Ian Holtham, all the works, commissioned from his Melbourne composer colleagues, are responses to major works in the piano literature. Something new has arisen, phoenix-like, out of something old.

The remarkable works presented here are all world premier recordings. Their genesis lies in a relationship with canonic piano repertoire ranging from Scarlatti to Liszt. In all eight works composers from the present use as their compositional starting point composer models who have been central to the world of the piano for aeons. Eight quite different compositional viewpoints also present a snapshot of the state of contemporary composition in Melbourne.

Included in this CD are the four new works which constitute what Holtham has called the 'Melbourne Schubert Project': a set of musical reactions from the four most senior members of the University of Melbourne's composition staff to Schubert's last piano sonata. As a group, the four pieces essentially present a twenty-first century response to one of the most beloved of all piano compositions.

Duration: 54 min.

CD booklet includes programme notes and composer biographies.


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