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Ashes of Roses
By May Howlett
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Choral SSA with soprano recorder, alto recorder, acoustic guitar and harpsichord, c.5'30. Composed 1988.
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ISMN 9790720133843
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Asmaradana
By Betty Beath
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Solo piano, c.3'30. Grade 7/8The Javanese song-form, Asmaradana, is associated with the princely courts of Central Java. The classic form of the Asmaradana was well established in the 11th century and continues as well-known, well-loved melody today.
This link is the orchestral version of Asmardana http://youtu.be/zTmd5Ow6h6I
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ISMN9790720078588
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At Dawning
By Horace Keats
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For alto saxophone and Bb clarinet (or baritone saxophone) and piano, c.2'00Originally composed by American, Charles Wakefield Cadman and transcribed to include piano, for Clive Amadio by Horace Keats, c.1931. Edited by Brennan Keats (2022)
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ISMN 9790673140752
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At the Circus
By May Howlett
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Three pieces for solo piano - Grade 8 to Diploma
ANZCA Syllabus - Associate - Licentiate Performer Diploma
Musical references to those events that thrilled and delighted us as children when we entered the magic world of circus. Composed 2009.
Recorded on Australian Piano Anthology for the 21st Century (Wirr 045) and "Celebrating May" (Wirr 058) by Katie Zhukov available online
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- Parade - sheet music and audio, c 3:25
- Catherine Wheels - sheet music and audio, c.2:40
- The Pink Ballerina on a White Pony - sheet music and audio, c.2:20.
ISMN M720140957
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At the Door of Sleep
By Phillip Wilcher
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$16.00
Cor Anglais and piano, c.4'30 Grade 6A poignant work written during the last weeks of the life of the composer's mother
Recorded on the CD, Into His Countenance (Wirr.012) available online
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ISMN M720078175
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At the end of the world we learn to dance
By Diana Blom
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Tenor and piano. c.10'00 The novel, Here at the end of the world we learn to dance, by New Zealand author Lloyd Jones, tells of a lifelong relationship between two people, forged by the tango, which begins on the West Coast of New Zealand, and ends in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Three excerpts from the novel focus on dancing and learning the tango by these two and others drawn into their story. The long song adopts the different tango styles and moods referred to in the story through a three-song structure with a refrain and interludes.
Composed 2012
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ISMN9790720140346
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At the melting of the snow
By Peter Mcnamara
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Soprano, alto flute and vibraphone, c.4:30The text for this work makes use of a lesser-known, but still beautifully depictive poem by A.B. (Banjo) Paterson of the same name, written in 1902, but not published until 1917. The poem depicts the amazing transformation that occurs during the spring of the Snowy Mountains, where the snow melts to reveal the green grasses and many varied wildflowers. Composed 2018
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ISMN 9790720214146
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Attack
By Andrew Schultz
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Solo Viola, 5'80. Grade A.Mus.A. AMEB Manual List A, Level 3 AssociateAs the name implies, a more lively piece than normal for this instrument!
Audio sample from "Viola Power" Tall Poppies CD, TP098, used with permission. Patricia Pollett (viola)
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ISMN M720072821
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Aubade
By David Keeffe
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Flute and piano, c.4'00composed 1976 rev 2013
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ISMN 9790720133836
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Auftauchen der Nacht
By Peter Mcnamara
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$150.00
Orchestral, c.11- 12 minsThis linear structure begins with murky material, as the light of dusk can be when Night has not fully fallen. Clearer material and musical layers, including melodic lines in the oboes and clarinets as well as a rhythmically driven bass line in the bassoons, tuba and contrabasses, replace this murkiness gradually. Quartertones appear incorporated into Harmonic Fields as the work progresses. These are placed on top of each other during the middle section with mostly Brass emphasising one while mostly Strings and Woodwinds the other. These accumulate in intensity to a climactic point.
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ISMN 9790720078618
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Auld Lang Syne
By Kathleen Mcguire
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TTBB choir, tin whistle and guitar. c.5'00Auld Lang Syne is a traditional, Scottish poem that was adapted by Robert Burns in 1788. In English, a literal translation is “old long since,” or more colloquially: “long, long ago” or “days of long ago.” For hundreds of years, the poem has been set to a traditional folk song, of which there are many variations. The tune used here - the original, pentatonic melody Burns chose to set with the poem - is nowadays less familiar than the modern tune that is most commonly heard sung by revellers in many countries at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. Burns, when he presented the song to the British Museum, remarked: "The following song, an old song, of the olden times, and which has never been in print, nor even in manuscript until I took it down from an old man's singing, is enough to recommend any air." The original folk song to which it was set was known as: "I fee'd a lad at Michaelmas.”
Composed 2009 .
Audio sample: Tenors and basses of the Tudor Chorister, conducted by Dr Kathleen McGuire; Claire Patty, harp; Barbara Fairhurst, recorder
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ISMN 9790720171913
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Aulos Australis
By Jeanell Carrigan, James Kortum
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$25.00
Sonatas for Flute and Piano by Australian Women
"The flute is an instrument blessed with an expressiveness all its own. Lustrous and penetrating, tender and lyrical, charming and sensual, its hues would put a chameleon to shame." (Rhein, 1963)
The above quote has been taken from a review John von Rhein wrote about the well-known flute virtuoso Donald Peck who was, for some time, the teacher of James Kortum. It expresses the many wonderful qualities of the flute as an instrument, capable of a variety of sounds, an instrument capable of adjusting its basic colour characteristics to suit the style of the works that are being performed. The five flute sonatas on this recording are all quite different in style and employ different timbres with only these two aspects in common – they are all written by an Australian composer who was also a woman. The sonatas by Miriam Hyde and Phyllis Batchelor have already joined the stream of traditional flute repertoire but the two sonatas by Meta Overman and the solo flute sonata by Margery Smith, written especially for the virtuosity of James Kortum are recorded here for the first time.
Wirr 096
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Sonata 1 for Flute and Piano (Meta Overman)
1 Allegro moderato
2 Variations - Allegretto non troppo
3 Andante sostenuto
4 Vivo e risoluto
Sonata for Flute and Piano (Miriam Hyde)
5 Allegro giocoso
6 Andante pastorale
7 Allegro con spirit
Sonata for Flute and Piano (Phyllis Batchelor)
8 Molto allegro
9 Adagio
10 Vivace
Sonata 2 for Flute and Piano (Meta Overman)
11 Allegro energico
12 Poco lento, delicate
13 Allegro animato
Sonata for Flute (Margery Smith)
14 1. Elegy
15 2. Incisive
16 3. Black abyss
17 4. Breathless
