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Sun Fun and Other Disappointments : The Music of Michael Easton / Len Vorster, Michael Easton.
- Published by Move Records — March, 2024 [MCD 657] — 1 CD
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Featured Australian works
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Sun, fun and other disappointments for soprano voice with piano | Michael Easton | Kathleen Southall-Casey, Len Vorster | 8 mins, 28 sec. |
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Cocktail suite for two for piano duo | Michael Easton | Michael Easton, Len Vorster | 5 mins, 38 sec. |
| Conversations for piano (1988) — solo piano | Michael Easton | Michael Easton | 2 mins, 6 sec. | |
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Dorothy Parker says for voice with piano Recorded/performed at: Dex Studios, Melbourne |
Michael Easton | Deidre Rubenstein, Michael Easton | 7 mins, 25 sec. |
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Flute sonata for flute with piano | Michael Easton | Richard Thurlby, Len Vorster | 9 mins, 57 sec. |
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How pleasant to know Mr Lear (1985) for baritone voice with piano | Michael Easton | Ian Cousins, Len Vorster | 5 mins, 9 sec. |
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Concerto for piccolo, percussion and strings (1986) — piccolo with string orchestra Recorded/performed at: Port Fairy Spring Music Festival, in St. John's Anglican Church, on 1992. |
Michael Easton | Frederick Shade, Academy of Melbourne, Brett Kelly | 12 mins, 47 sec. |
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Moods (1984) — solo piano | Michael Easton | Len Vorster | 6 mins, 31 sec. |
Product details
This compilation CD brings together the wide range of British/Australian composer Michael Easton's compositional output (1981-1993) - ranging from solo piano and duo pianos to a flute sonata, a piccolo concerto, song cycles, and four songs from Easton's one-woman show 'Dorothy Parker Says'.
Michael Easton was not only a composer and pianist, but also a music critic, pre-concert speaker, lecturer, and founder, with Len Vorster, of the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival. This CD title was inspired by poems of British poet laureate John Betjeman. The song-cycle based on these poems are beautifully interpreted by Kathleen Southall-Casey.
The performers are pianists Len Vorster, Michael Easton and Rebecca Chambers - Kathleen Southall-Casey (soprano), Ian Cousins (baritone), Australian actress Deidre Rubenstein (vocals), Frederick Shade (piccolo), Richard Thurlby (flute), and Brett Kelly conducting the Academy of Melbourne.
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