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On Bunyah

Sheet Music: Score

On Bunyah : tenor, string quartet, piano / music: Luke Styles ; text: Les Murray.

by Luke Styles (2018)

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This new song cycle for tenor Mark Padmore (and the Britten Sinfonia in a chamber formation of string quartet and piano) sets a series of 10 poems by Australian poet Les Murray, from his most recent collection, On Bunyah.

The cycle charts a loose narrative and progression of themes, where the tenor can be identified as a 'poet farmer' character. This central figure gives voice to many aspects of Australia (the bush, land, kangaroos, fire, death, machinery and the 20th/21st Century) without sentimentality. The distinctive Australian flavour of this collection of poems embraces the similar experiences and challenges of other rural communities with the 'poet farmer' functioning as both a rural and modern day 'every-man'.

Published by: Australian Music Centre (under licence from G.Schirmer Australia) — 1 score (93p. -- A4 (portrait))

Difficulty: Advanced

Duration: 30 mins

Contents note:

1. The Kettle's Bubble-Making Floor -- 2. Being Spared the Inquest -- 3. The Grief -- 4. The Moon Man -- 5. The Iron Kitchens -- 6. The Sleepout 7. Worker Knowledge -- 8. The Forest Hit by Modern Use -- 9. From Machine Portraits -- 10. Cockspur Bush.

Dedication note: Dedicated to Linda Christmas

Commissioned by Britten Sinfonia.

First performance by Mark Padmore, Britten Sinfonia at On Bunyah (West Road Concert Hall (Cambridge, UK)) on 20 Nov 2018

Shortlisted for the 2019 Paul Lowin Prize. It received a high commendation.

Typeset edition.

This edition produced 8 Mar 19.

ISMN: 9790673110229

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