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Shadows and Silhouettes
By Antonietta Loffredo
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$25.00
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.
Wirr047
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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)
Songs for the Moon
By John Peterson
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$50.00
A cycle of four songs for soprano and piano.- 1. Alone and Drinking Under the Moon, c.6'15
- 2. Full Moon Rhyme, c.4'20
- 3. Moonlight in the Forest, c.4'00
- 4. Prayer to the Young Moon, c.4'10
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ISMN 9790720171708
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Spike
By John Peterson
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$35.00
Two cellos c.9'30 Composed 2004
Price includes two scores for hard copy purchase.
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ISMN 9790720164496
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String Quartet No. 3
By John Peterson
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$100.00
String Quartet in three movements, c.16'40
Written for the Acacia Quartet.
Composed 2016
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ISMN 9790720171692
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String Quartet No. 4
By John Peterson
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String Quartet in three movements, c.12'40
The music is written especially for competent, non-professional, performers who may wish to engage with contemporary styles of music and who may want to explore music for string quartet that goes beyond that of the traditional repertoire.
The pitch material is based largely on modal resources and is, for the most part, quite straightforward throughout. The main challenge for performers lies within the areas of rhythm and in the precision of the rhythmic interplay between all instruments in the ensemble. In each movement, the music often takes the form of a ‘conversation’ between the instruments, with everyone in the ensemble contributing important melodic elements to the overall texture at various times.
Composed 2022
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ISMN 9790673142237
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Tallawarra
By John Peterson
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String Quartet, c.4'00
The surging 11/8 rhythm dominates the work and propels the music along, while the melodic lines, in their sinuous way, try to reflect the original meaning of the Aboriginal word, Tallawarra - "slippery place".
Tallawarra was commissioned by Musica Viva Australia as part of the "Australian Miniatures" Project for Musica Viva Australia?s International Series in 2000.
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ISMN 9790720093918
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Three Short Pieces
By John Peterson
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for intermediate piano \
Solo piano - Grades 4 to 6
Originally published as part of the Wirripang Australian Piano Anthology 2011 edited and recorded by Katie Zhukov
Composed 2010
- A Quiet Obsession, c.1'15
- Watching the River Flow, c.1'12
- Lucky Thirteen, c.1'43
Recorded by Katie Zhukov on Australian Piano Anthology for the 21st Century - Vol. One (Wirr 045) available online
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ISMN 9790720227450
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Three Short Pieces for piano four hands
By John Peterson
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Piano for four hands
Composed 2021
- A Quiet Obsession, c.2'10
- Watching the River Flow, c.1'45
- Lucky Thirteen, c.1'35
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ISMN 9790720249971
$20.00 for instant digital downloadTime Zones
By John Peterson
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$120.00
Wind Quintet, c.18'00Time Zones is a work in three movements that represents musical time, or meter, and makes extensive use of additive rhythms such as 7/16, 5/16, 11/ 8 and 13/8, amongst others. Composed 2018
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ISMN M979072014160
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Under Sydney Skies (On Crests of Waves)
By John Peterson
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$70.00
Mandolin Orchestra - (mandolin I, mandolin II, mandola, acoustic guitar, bass guitar (or double bass)The use compound meter (12/8) and additive meter (13/8) throughout the piece is typical of the composer's compositional style and, in this work, creates a gentle rhythmic lilt that represents the motion of the waves on the harbour; while the sometimes wistful melodies attempt to evoke the beauty of both the natural (the water, the Botanic Gardens) and the urban (the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Sydney Opera House) elements that combine to make this city such a memorable place.
This work was commissioned for the International Mandolin Festival Sydney 2008.
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ISMN 9790720078700
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Veni Creator Spiritus
By John Peterson
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SATB Choir Unaccompanied, c.5'45
Veni Creator Spiritus is a short unaccompanied choral setting of the text attributed to Rabanus Maurus (d. 856). The work begins with a free arrangement based on the plainchant melody originally associated with the text, written in a rather traditional musical style, followed by music that features a quite different stylistic approach, and which also makes use of the text in quite different ways. The latter part of the piece makes extensive use of additive rhythmic structures, and regular changes of metre, in attempt to turn the setting into one that is essentially celebratory and rhythmically-exciting.
Composed 2010/2019
Discount on multiple copies contact keats@wirripang.com.au
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ISMN 9790673144170
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Visions in Blue (flute)
By John Peterson
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$45.00
Flute and piano c.11'00Three movements:
- 1. Big City Blues, fast and very rhythmic - 3'40
- 2. Across the Oceans Deep and Blue, simple statements of motivic figures developing in intensity - 4'15
- 3. Under Bright Blue Skies, again fast and rhythmic but much less anxious and a more joyous celebration of living in wide open and richly diverse landscapes - 3'45
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ISMN M9790720172613
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