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Score
Kakadu : for orchestra / Peter Sculthorpe.
Library shelf no. Q 784.2/SCU 5 [Available for loan]
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Work Details
Year: 1988
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets in B flat, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns in F, 4 trumpets in C, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (3 players), strings.
Duration: 15 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Dedication note: Dedicated to Patricia Papper
Commission note: Generously commissioned by Emmanuel Papper as a present for his wife Patricia, upon her birthday.
First performance: by Jorge Mester, Aspen Festival Orchestra — 24 Jul 88. Aspen, Colorado.
Version with didjeridu was prepared in collaboration with William Barton for the recording by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in 2003.
Analysis
Program note: Peter Sculthorpe's "Kakadu"
by Peter Sculthorpe
Source: the score of this work
Book: Meet the music : Australian composition resource kit, 1997.
Book: Sydney Symphony Orchestra education program 1993 : K - 8 resource kit.
Book: 1997 Meet the Music 5 : resource kit / Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Book: Book of analyses : Australian Music Workshop, MLC School, Sunday 7 March, 1999.
Subjects
- Has as subject/About: Music about place (Australia)
- Influenced by: Indigenous Australian Culture
Performances of this work
21 Oct 2017: at DSO: Kakadu (Darwin Convention Centre). Featuring Darwin Symphony Orchestra, Matthew Wood.
6 Apr 2017: at The Sound of Australia: William Barton with the ASO (Adelaide Town Hall). Featuring Luke Dollman, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
1 Oct 2016: at Asher Fisch & WASO: Tour de Force - Sculthorpe (Perth Concert Hall). Featuring West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Asher Fisch.
22 Aug 2015: at Greenway Series at Sydney Con (Verbrugghen Hall). Featuring Eduardo Diazmuñoz, Sydney Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra.
21 Aug 2015: at Greenway Series at Sydney Con (Verbrugghen Hall). Featuring Sydney Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Diazmuñoz.
25 Oct 2014: at Concert to celebrate Peter Sculthorpe (Verbrugghen Hall). Featuring Sydney Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra.
3 Jun 2012: at AdYO Maestro Series 2: From Russia with Love (Elder Hall). Featuring Adelaide Youth Orchestra, Luke Dollman.
3 Mar 2012: at TSO Gala (Federation Concert Hall, Hobart). Featuring Marko Letonja, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
21 May 2009: at SSO: Kakadu & Belshazzar's Feast (Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall). Featuring Sydney Symphony, Vladimir Ashkenazy.
20 May 2009: at SSO: Kakadu & Belshazzar's Feast (Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall). Featuring Sydney Symphony, Vladimir Ashkenazy.
1 Mar 2009: at Yanagang Classics in the Caf (Burrinja Cafe).
24 Jul 88: Aspen, Colorado.. Featuring Aspen Festival Orchestra, Jorge Mester.
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