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Work Overview
This is a creative blending of some Australian folk tunes with each other and with the well-known Chinese tune "Jasmine Flower" (or "mo-li-hua"). Strangely, the original name did not translate well into Chinese. The translated name is "Iron Root, Golden Flower".
Work Details
Year: 2014, this version: 2017
Instrumentation: Wind band.
Duration: 8 min.
Difficulty: Medium
First performance: by Boroondara Symphonic Band, Joshua Geddes — 9 Sep 17. Strathcona School, Melbourne
Subjects
- Inspired by: Chinese folk music
- Inspired by: Australian folk music
Performances of this work
13 Oct 19: Holy Trinity Church, Hight Street, Kew, VIC. Featuring Boroondara Symphonic Band, David Keeffe.
8 Dec 18: Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School, Ivanhoe, VIC. Featuring Stephen Carpenter, Heidelberg Wind Ensemble.
27 Oct 18: St George's Anglican Church, Ivanhoe East, VIC. Featuring Heidelberg Wind Ensemble, Stephen Carpenter.
9 Sep 2018: at Bernstein, Grainger, and Making Australia (St Stephen's Anglican Church, Richmond). Featuring Grainger Wind Symphony, Roland Yeung.
9 Sep 17: Strathcona School, Melbourne. Featuring Joshua Geddes, Boroondara Symphonic Band.
4 Dec 2016: at Preston Symphony Orchestra (Preston City Hall). Featuring Preston Symphony Orchestra, Mario Dobernig.
8 Jul 14: National Theatre, Beijing, China. Featuring Thaddeus Huang, New Goldberg Orchestra.
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