CDStill life / Patricia Pollett, viola.
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Featured Australian works
Work | Composer | Performers | Duration | MP3 | |
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From a quiet place (1997) three pieces for viola and piano Recorded/performed at: Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, on Jul 99. |
Betty Beath | Betty Beath, Colin Spiers | 15 mins, 42 sec. | Buy as MP3 |
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The room of the saints (1995) — duos: percussion, violin Recorded/performed at: Studio 200, ABC Sydney, on Jul 00. |
Gerard Brophy | Daryl Pratt, Patricia Pollett | 3 mins, 34 sec. | Buy as MP3 |
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Flux (1995) for viola solo — 'Stophe' only Recorded/performed at: Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, on Jul 99. |
Stephen Cronin | Patricia Pollett | 5 mins, 19 sec. | Buy as MP3 |
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Lento (1997) for viola and piano Recorded/performed at: Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, on Jul 99. |
Robert Davidson | Colin Spiers, Patricia Pollett | 8 mins, 1 sec. | Buy as MP3 |
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Swansong (1987) for solo viola Recorded/performed at: Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, on Jul 99. |
Andrew Ford | Patricia Pollett | 9 mins, 34 sec. | Buy as MP3 |
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Still life (2001) for viola with piano Recorded/performed at: Queensland Conservatorium of Music Concert Hall, Brisbane., on 3 Mar 03. |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Stephen Emmerson, Patricia Pollett | 23 mins, 13 sec. | Buy as MP3 |
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Postcards from France (1991) — duos: clarinet, viola Recorded/performed at: Studio 200, ABC Sydney, on Jul 00. |
Nigel Sabin | Patricia Pollett, Philippa Robinson | 6 mins, 44 sec. | Buy as MP3 |
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Threnody for viola solo Recorded/performed at: Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, on Jul 99. |
Peter Sculthorpe | Patricia Pollett | 7 mins, 15 sec. | Buy as MP3 |
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Dawn lament (1999) for viola solo Recorded/performed at: Queensland Conservatorium of Music, on Oct 02. |
Paul Stanhope | Patricia Pollett | 3 mins, 50 sec. | Buy as MP3 |
Product details
Patricia Pollett: viola
Stephen Emmerson: piano
Daryl Pratt: percussion
Philipa Robinson: clarinet
Colin Spiers: piano
This is the third solo viola CD released by Tall Poppies,
bringing to three the number of solo viola CDs ever released in
Australia. Patricia Pollett is widely regarded as one of
Australia's most talented musicians, and the violist who has done
the most to encourage composers to write for the instrument.
Almost all the works presented in Still Life were written
especially for Patricia, who brings a palpable expressive emotion
to her work.
The CD is titled after Elena Kats-Chernin's six-part Still Life,
an intimate series of studies for viola and piano in which
Pollett is accompanied by Brisbane pianist Stephen Emmerson. In
Davidson's Lento, she is partnered by Newcastle pianist Colin
Spiers who used to be her colleague in the ensemble, Perihelion.
He also accompanies her in three mood pieces From a Quiet Place
by Brisbane composer Betty Beath. The CD also includes a spirited
miniature, The Room of the Saints, by Gerard Brophy in which
Daryl Pratt, playing darabuka, gives an exotic rhythmic feel. The
remaining works are unaccompanied: Peter Sculthorpe's Threnody,
originally written for cello, works brilliantly for viola; Andrew
Ford's Swansong gives the viola an strenuous workout, calling for
every ounce of Pollett's virtuosity; Stephen Cronin's Flux is a
showcase of the harmonic notes possible on the instrument. Nigel
Sabin, once Perihelion's clarinettist, has contributed two travel
commentaries for viola and clarinet, gently rollicking works in
which Pollett is partnered by Philippa Robinson, the current
clarinettist with Perihelion.
Duration: 73 min.
Liner notes include programme notes, notes on the composers and performer.
Related products
Score: Swansong : for solo viola / Andrew Ford.
Score: The room of the saints : for violin and darabuka / Gerard Brophy.
Score: Flux : for viola solo / Stephen Cronin.
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