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Shadows and Silhouettes

By Antonietta Loffredo

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New piano compositions celebrating a Chinese-Western confluence played by Antonietta Loffredo.
A University of Western Sydney project this interesting CD is the third by Antoinetta in a collaboration with the composers who have been encouraged to write new pieces for this project.  It consists of piano pieces which draw on such influences as Chinese bird song; stylistic characteristics of Chinese instruments on an Australian folk tune; impressions of Shanghai; a phrase from Yijing (l-ching); terracotta figures of a travelling orchestra on horseback; a Chinese nursery rhyme; the concept of Qi; a Hong Kong market early in the morning; a poem by Chinese poet Po Chu (772-846); the musics of the three cultures of Malaysia; and from a Chinese perspective, winter days and a funeral in Australia.  Scores by the Wirripang composers-  Diana Blom, Bruce Crossman and John Peterson are available online.
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1  The Travelling Chinese Orchestra  (Diana Blom)
2  Birds Calling in Cloud Valley (Michael Hanan)
3  Regaslendro (Valerie Ross) 
4  Market Gardens and Musicians (Ann Boyd)
A flower and not a flower (P'u - Hua Fei Hua) - Tre contrapunti (Massimo Priori) [5-7]
5  i  - 6  ii   - 7  iii
8  Three Variations on Waltzing Matilda  (Julian Yu)
9  Winter days (Phoon Yew Tien)
10 A Funeral  (Phoon Yew Tien)
11 Qi Colour from Hidden Resonances (Bruce Crossman)
12 Lakes resting one on the other (Francesco Schweizer)
13  Moon Rhyme (Caroline Szeto)
14  Impressions of Shanghai (John Peterson)

 

Short Tracks - CD

By Diana Blom

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Short pieces for instrumental music

Diana Blom, creator

In repertoire for one or two instruments, there are many works which are very short – miniatures, perhaps - yet deserve to be heard and enjoyed. The CD, Short Tracks, has assembled 36 tracks of short pieces from the 20th-21st centuries, most under 4 minutes in length, most, but not all, stand-alone works. The composers and performers are from Australia, UK, Italy, USA, Israel and musical styles range from tonal to improvisatory exploration.

Listening to the whole CD is a journey with changing musical landscapes. And choosing one or two tracks is a musical smorgasbord.
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    [1]    Cloud Studies - Cloud Study 1 – Diana Blom
    [2]    Cat’s Play – Diana Blom
    [3]    Sparks – Diana Blom
    [4]    Trace for piano - right hand – Howard Skempton
    [5]    Valse Française – Michael Hannan
    [6]    In the Fields – Noel Burgess

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    [7]    Five Piano Pieces No 1 – Clare Maclean
    [8]    Quiet Music I – Diana Blom
    [9]    Saron Study No. I – Diana Blom
    Piano Poems – Le-Tuyen Nguyen
    [10]      i    Angel
    [11]      ii   Poem for Saigon
    [12]      iii  My First Love
    [13       iv  Destiny
    [14]      v  Étude Romantique
    [15]      vi Forever
    [16]  Biffo in the Toy Box – Diana Blom
    [17]  Beebopaloobopawopbamboom – Diana Blom
    [18]  Distant Bells – Brennan Keats
    [19]  Cloud Studies - Cloud Study 2 – Diana Blom
    Lady Huang’s Album – Diana Blom   
    [20]     i   Tuning
    [21]     ii  Lament
    [22]     iii Re-Tune
    [23]     iv Summer Shower
    [24]  Petite Ambiance – Michael Hannan
    [25]  Five Piano Pieces No 2 – Clare Maclean
    [26]  Through Shadows – Diana Blom
    [27]  A Foxtrot Dream – Diana Blom
    [28]  Iceberg Rose  – Felicity Martin
    [29]  A Little Prelude – Boaz Avni 0:31
    [30]  Quiet Music II – Diana Blom
    [31]  Campanella 3 for piano – Howard Skempton
    [32]  Into Forever – Christine Draeger
    [33]  Starfish – Stacey Barelos
    [34]  The Tiny Train to Dungeness – Jennifer Rumsey
    [35]  Sun Trance – Amanda Handel
    [36]  Cloud Studies - Cloud Study 3

     

    Sideband

    By Various Composers

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    Sideband is a recording project initiated by emerging Australian composers, Tristan Coelho, Brad Gill, Chris Williams and Peter McNamara, and includes the esteemed Slovenian-Australian composer Bozidar Kos.  These powerful, yet intimate, mixed chamber works emphasise percussion and vocal elements and are performed by some of Australia's most talented, established and emerging artists.   
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    1  Modulations (Bozidar Kos)
    2  Crickets (Brad Gill)
    3  Voltage (Peter McNamara)
    4  As the Dust Settles (Tristan Coelho)
    (Chris Williams)
    6  Cadenza II (Peter McNamara)
    7  The Writer's Hand  (Tristan Coelho)
    8  Light, Snow, Suicide (Brad Gill)


    Sideband - From the Depths

    By Various Composers

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       Sideband began as a conversation between three composer 
       colleagues engaged as casual tutors and lecturers at the Sydney
       Conservatorium, during 2011. Initial discussions revolved around
       ideas for promoting their own music as well as platforming the work
       of younger emerging composers that they had engaged with at the Conservatorium. They also felt compelled to champion the important work of Australian composer ‘elders’ who they felt were under represented in recordings and whose music they admired artists.   

    A major focus for them was to document their personal passions and areas of creative focuses: use of technology, particularly pre-recorded live electronics, the creative process, science as a metaphor for musical processes, chamber music incorporating the voice and experimental percussion techniques.
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    [1]  VOICE OF THE DEPTHS – PETER McNAMARA
    Stephanie McCallum – piano, Brad Gill – percussion
    [2]  TOMB – BRAD GILL
    Chloe Chung – dizi, Brad Gill – percussion
    [3]  GESTURES – ELIZABETH YOUNAN
    Sam Gill – alto saxophone, Brad Gill – percussion
    [4]  AT THE MELTING OF THE SNOW – PETER McNAMARA
    Deepka Ratra – soprano, Chloe Chung – alto flute, Brad Gill – vibraphone
    [5]  THE MUSIC BOX – SARAH THOMPSON 
    Brad Gill – vibraphone
    [6]  YOU ARE FOUND WANTING – BRAD GILL
    Chloe Lankshear – soprano, Brad Gill – vibraphone
    [7]  OLD AGE FALLS – BRAD GILL
    Chloe Lankshear – soprano, Chloe Chung – flute, Brad Gill – percussion
    [8]  ORBIT – KEZIA YAP    
    Brad Gill – vibraphone          

              

           

    Simply Beautiful - CD

    By Phillip Wilcher

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    Music by Phillip Wilcher, Jeanell Carrigan, pianist

    "Born out of this world I came into, the greater awareness of being within the Truth of Who I Am is that the Cycle of Life is a Circle of Love. I feel it is that I have come full circle and in so doing, I have realised my every dream as well as many a dream Life itself has in store for me. The experience of expressing myself through music and words has been simply beautiful! To that end in this world within a world without end, and without any sense of pretence had I held the child I once was in my arms but to become him again. Therefore, where it has been said that creativity has a child's heart have I chosen to open and close this CD with two sets of pieces composed for children: Playmates and Connor's Capers. End pages which house the landscape of a life, what unfolds between their varying states of innocence is every shade of Love imaginable, from "moon mystic cedars touched by a pearly light" to bedouins praying at night, all aspects of the one divine face when eyes first saw." Phillip Wilcher
    This CD is dedicated to the memory of his late father, Leslie James Wilcher.

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      [1-5]  Playmates
      i.   Chimes
      ii.  Rock Climbing
      iii. Care Free
      iv. The Happy Yodeller
      v. Willow Waltz
      [6] Simply Beautiful
      [7-9]        Sonatine Orientale                     
       Andante sognante    
       Larghetto distante        
             Allegro fugace 
      [10]  Intermezzo in E
      [11]  When eyes first saw thy beauty was as this 
      [12-13]        Two Preludes
       Prelude No 1 in B minor
       Prelude No 2 in B minor
      [14]  Rhapsody to the Memory of Richard Addinsell 
      [15]        A Rose in Water  
      [16-18]  Valses Mirages
       Moderato ma delirio
       Moderato e con vane speranze 
             Allegro con alle
      [19] The Liquid Light She Spills
      [20] The Years Last Loveliest Smile  
      [21]  Prelude for LH in Db major
      [22-28]  Connor’s Capers

      Digital downloads and retail digital tracks available here

       

      Simply Songs CD

      By Various Composers

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      This recording features works by many of our Australian Composers as seen here on our website and is performed by Wendy Dixon, soprano and David Miller, pianist. Composers include:  Robert Stove, Horace Keats, John Wayne Dixon, Stephen Yates, Michael H Dixon, Houston Dunleavy, Brennan Keats, Hugh Dixon, Sylvia Rice, Brett McKern, Mark Matthews. 
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      1  Love Song ( R J Stove)
      2  Lullaby ( R J Stove)
      3  Ballad of a Talked Off Ear ( R J Stove)
      4  The Fig Tree (Horace Keats)
      5  White Wind (Horace Keats)
      6  Nature's Changes (John Wayne Dixon)
      7  Evening (John Wayne Dixon)
      8  New Feet Within (John Wayne Dixon)
      9  Asclepiades the miser (Stephen Yates)
      10  Thought I would (Stephen Yates)
      11  Become Complete Michael Dixon)
      12  All Fall Down (Houston Dunleavy)
      13  In Good Stead (Michael Dixon)
      14  Elegy (Brennan Keats)
      15  The Hour of the Parting (Brennan Keats)
      16  Fascination (Hugh Dixon)
      17  Tranquil Repose (Hugh Dixon)
      18  Concentration  (Hugh Dixon)
      19  Motion (Hugh Dixon)
      20  Mermaids (Horace Keats)
      21  Song of the Little People (Horace Keats)
      22  My Heart was Wandering (Horace Keats)
      23  This Moment (Sylvia Rice)
      24  Praise the Lord (Brett M McKern)
      25  Healed (Mark Matthews)
      26  An Angry Cactus Does No Good (Stephen Yates)
      27  The Trouble with Geraniums (Stephen Yates)

       

      Simply, Cor Anglais

      By Rachel Tolmie

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      21 cor anglais and piano pieces performed by Rachel Tolmie (cor anglais) and John Martin (piano).  Composers include Gregory van de Struik, Colin Brumby, Paul Paviour, arr. T Stacey. 
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      1  Fandango (Gregory van de Struik)
      2  When I anm Laid in Earth (Purcell)
      Sonata (Teleman) [3-5]
      3  Vivace, 4   Largo  5  Allegro
      Sonata (Marcello) [6-9]
      6  Andante  7  Allegro
      8  Grave   9  Allegro
      10  Where'er You Walk (Handel)
      11  Adagio (Mozart)
      12  Tristan and Isolde -Prelude to Act Three (Wagner)
      13  Notturno (Borodin)
      14  Mundoolun (Colin Brumby)
      15  The Swan (Saint-Seans)
      16  Largo from the New World (Dvorak)
      17  Sicilienne (Faure)
      18  The Swan of Tunela (Sibelius)
      19  And the River Flows (Paul Paviour)
      - 20  Gymnopedie No. 2 (Satie)
      - 21  Intermezzo (Granados) 
      (All works arranged by T. Stacey except tracks 1, 14,19)

      Six Profiles of Australian Woman Composers CD

      By Katie Zhukov

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      Performed by pianist Katie Zhukov
      Piano works by Australian women composers - Iris de Cairos-Rego, Ester Rofe, Margaret Sutherland, Moneta Eagles, Mary Mageau, Betty Beath.
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      1  Waltz in E (Iris de Cairos-Rego)
      2  Firelight (Iris de Cairos-Rego)
      3  White Cloud (Iris de Cairos-Rego)
      4  Toccata "The Train" (Iris de Cairos-Rego)
      5  Pro-tem Suite:  Little Suite for the Left Hand (Ester Rofe)
      6  Jester (Ester Rofe)
      7  Fur Else (Ester Rofe)
      Six Profiles (Margaret Sutherland) (8-13)
      8  No.1,  9  No.2,  10  No.3, 
      11  No.4,- 12  No.5,  13  No.6 
      Sonatina for Piano (Moneta Eagles) (14-16)
      14  Mvt. 1, 15  Mvt. 2,  16  Mvt. 3
      City Sketches (Mary Mageau) (17-20)
      17  High Street
      18  Rendevous
      19  It's Raining
      20  Homeward
      Four Pieces (Mary Mageau) (21-24)
      21  Moonlight Reflected on Water
      22  Brasillia
      23  Berceuse
      24  Toccatina
      25  Lament for Kosovo (Betty Beath)
      Encounters (Betty Beath) (26-29)
      26  Jasmine and the Perfumes of Night
      27  With a Whirlwind
      28  Let's Dance
      29  A Loving Embrace

      Skins

      By Jeanell Carrigan

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      Jeanell Carrigan (piano)
      Works by Australian women composers -Elena Kats-Chernin, Katy Abbott, Diana Blom, May Howlett, Sonia Jacobsen, Natalie Williams, Catherine Leahy.
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      Twelve One Page Piano Pieces (Elena Kats-Chernin) (1-12)
      1  Rockhampton Rag   - 2  Lullaby
      3  Almost a Blues  - 4  Little Door
      5  Russian Waltz   - 6  Get Well
      7  No. 7   -  8  Myster
      9  Play Properly  - 10  Drums
      11  Smudged Mirror Shapes 
      12  Cinema
      13  Not Just Another Day (Katy Abbott)
      14  Last Light (Katy Abbott)
      15  Passing the Tower of Agrievements (May Howlett)
      16  In Anticipation (Sonia Jacobsen)
      Five Bagatelles (Natalie Williams) (17-21)
      17  Tintinara    - 18  Aqua Doubles
      19  Whirly-Whirly Dances
      20  Vicious Cinders Burning
      21  Five Lunar Blazes
      22  Tango (September) (Diana Blom)
      Skins for Solo Piano (Catherine Leahy) (23-33)
      23  Blue Suze   - 24  Wasp
      25  Lace   - 26  Rat Hide
      27  Dysplased   - 28  Bruise
      29  Prelude Too  -  30  Melt Lake
      31  Christless Carol
      32  At Dawn and Midnight
      33  The Unlisted Track


      Songs by Diana Blom

      By Diana Blom

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      "I’d been writing songs for many years before realising that my choice of texts was largely those by Australian and New Zealand poets and novelists.  There’s something very rewarding about setting evocative words of places you know well, and highly satisfying accompanying and composing songs for singers with beautiful voices of different ranges and colours who work on the songs, discuss aspects arising with me, and then deliver a fine interpretation."  Diana Blom 

      The singers represented on this disc are Ayse Göknur Shanal soprano, Emma Stacker mezzo-soprano, Lotte Lataukefu contralto, Kevin Hanrahan and Brett Weymark tenors, Clive Birch bass, who are accompanied at the piano by David Wickham and Diana Blom.
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      Three Walter de la Mare Songs
      1 The Witch
      2   The Horseman
      3  The Bee's Song
      4  At the end of the world we learn to dance
      5  Cobweb Farm
      6  The dark, the light
      Three Water Ballads of Tim Malfroy
      7  The fisherman's wife
      8  Trewella
      9  Lorelei Ballad
      Remembering Babylon
      10  Found in the Sea
      11  Spirits
      12  The schoolmaster
      13  Jock's question
      14  Clavichord
      15  The Library
      Dance Set
      16  Tango
      17  Slowfox
      18  Latin Lover

      Songs from Australia CD

      By Various Composers

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      Features 27 Australian songs from the Trinity College London Singing Syllabus 2005, performed by soprano Wendy Dixon and pianist David Miller.  Composers include: Leek, Vine, Glanville-Hicks, O'Leary, Rofe, Brahe, Stove, Yates, Keats, Tregaskis, Dixon, Sculthorpe.

      See also online, Songs from Australia teaching manual and sheet music for all 27 songs.
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      1  Monkey and Turtle (Stephen Leek)
      2  Love Me Sweet (Carl Vine)
      3  Come Sleep (Peggy Glanville-Hicks)
      4  Moreton Bay (arr Mark O'Leary)
      5  Dinah's Song (Ester Rofe)
      6  Bless this House (May Brahe)
      7  Waltzing Matilda (arr Cowan/O'Leary)
      8  Lullaby (R J Stove)
      9  An Angry Cactus Does No Good (Stephen Yates)
      10  The Trouble with Geraniums (Stephen Yates)
      11 Dreams at Eventide (Horace Keats)
      12  My Dark-eyed Acushla (Horace Keats)
      13  O Yellow, Yellow Sweet (Alan Tregaskis)
      14  I Will Build my House in the Water (Horace Keats)
      15  The Lamb (Horace Keats)
      16  Love's Secret (Horace Keats)
      17  Plucking the Rushes (Horace Keats)
      18  Love Song ( R J Stove)
      19  Epigram I (Stephen Yates)
      20  Epigram II (Stephen Yates)
      21  Epigram III (Stephen Yates)
      22  Epigram IV (Stephen Yates)
      23  Nature's Changes (John Wayne Dixon)
      24  Columbine (Horace Keats)
      25  Sea Wraith (Horace Keats)
      26  The Stars Turn (Peter Sculthorpe)
      27  Evening (John Wayne Dixon)

       

      Space Junk - CD

      By Diana Weston

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      Music of Space and Time
      by Ann Carr-Boyd and Diana Blom

      Diana Weston piano and harpsichord; Mary Sambell, piano and percussion; Joanne Arnott, recorder and Angus Ryan, cello

      Music on this album transports the listener to other worlds. Imagine astral bodies in many different forms, colours and shapes.  Travel back in time to remember the joy, play and innocence of childhood, and hear the story of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, now over 90 years old, told in music. An ancient Chinese travelling band and the art of knitting Japanese-style are in there as well.

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      Ann Carr-Boyd:
      [1 - 15] Star Burst: 15 astral pieces for piano (Diana Weston, piano)
      Shooting Stars
      Pluto
      Mars
      The Sun
      Mercury
      Pulsar (in the Crab Nebula)
      Spiral Galaxy NGC 4565
      Earth
      Sombrero Galaxy NGC 4594
      Phoebe
      Fiji Moon
      Stefan’s Quintet
      Quasar Pks 2142-75,
      Star Clusters
      Saturn
      [16 - 19] Percy crosses the Nullarbor: piano duet (Primo Diana Weston, Secondo Mary Sambell)
      It’s a long way,
      The Stars at Night,
      Getting to know the Nullarbor,
      Made it to the other side
      [20 - 23] Percy goes to Mudgee: piano duet (Primo Diana Weston, Secondo Mary Sambell)
      Mustering sheep,
      Down by the River,
      Chasing Rabbits,
      By the Fire

      [24] Flying West for harpsichord, recorder and cello (Diana Weston, harpsichord; Joanne Arnott, recorder; Angus Ryan, cello)
      Flying West
      Bumpy Ride
      Interlude 1
      Wings from the Sky
      Interlude 2
      Red Earth
      The Clinic
      The Return

      Diana Blom:
      [25] Cat’s Play (Diana Weston, piano; Mary Sambell, percussion)
      [26] Japanese Knitting (Diana Weston, piano; Mary Sambell, percussion)
      [27] The Travelling Chinese Orchestra (Diana Weston, piano; Mary Sambell, percussion)