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Performance by Félicitas Fuchs, Li-Wei Qin, Bernard Lanskey from the CD Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 59 |
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CD
This moment must be sung : chamber songs of Andrew Schultz / Halcyon.
Library shelf no. CD 2939 [Not for loan]
Score & Part
Paradise, op. 95 : five songs for soprano, cello and piano / Andrew Schultz.
Library shelf no. Q 783.66547/SCH 3 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
Paradise, Opus 95 (2013) is a cycle of five songs for soprano, cello and piano written for Felicitas Fuchs, Li-Wei Qin and Bernard Lanskey. The work is a setting of the composer's own texts in which a physician observer wrestles with the small scale detail and the large scale effect of a violent event.
Work Details
Year: 2013
Instrumentation: Soprano, cello, piano.
Duration: 17 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: I. Suspended earth -- II. Safety glass -- III. Child, who are you? -- IV. Jigsaw -- V. Almost flight.
Dedication note: For Felicitas Fuchs, Li-Wei Qin and Bernard Lanskey
Written for: Félicitas Fuchs
First performance: 23 Jun 15. La Loingtaine, Paris
The composer notes:
Has similarities with To the evening star (for soprano and piano) and is written for Felicitas Fuchs who commissioned Stille Sprache (for soprano, violin and kano).
Revised 2015
Awards & Prizes
| Year | Award | Placing | Awarded for/to |
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| 2016 | Paul Lowin Song Cycle Prize | Highly Commended | Andrew Schultz |
| 2016 | Art Music Awards: Work of the Year: Vocal/Choral | Finalist | Andrew Schultz |
Analysis
Resonate article: 2016 Art Music Awards finalists - comments by judging panels by Australian Music Centre
Videos
Paradise Op. 95 (1st Mvt Suspended earth) by Andrew SchultzSource: Provided to YouTube by Awal Digital Ltd |
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Song Cycles
Performances of this work
25 Mar 23: John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA
10 Sep 2016: at Halcyon: The Poet's Voice (St Bede's Anglican Church, Drummoyne). Featuring Halcyon.
18 Aug 16: Yong Sie Teow Concert Hall, National University of Singapore
17 Sep 2015: at Paradise (Io Myers Studio UNSW). Featuring Halcyon.
23 Jun 15: La Loingtaine, Paris
Dec 13.
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