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Upbeats and Downbeats
By Patrick Thomas
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A Conductor's Life. An autobiography. A story about a career in music from flautist in the ABC's Queensland Symphony Orchestra to a world of Australian and International orchestral conducting.
Patrick Thomas was not the product of a Conservatorium (there was none in Brisbane at the time) nor did he join the various young hopefuls who sought advanced training or conducting apprenticeships in famous overseas centres. When he jettisoned a burgeoning career as a flautist in the ABC’s Queensland Symphony Orchestra, this could have been the kiss of death in terms of achieving his ultimate ambition but, miraculously, eight years later, he was catapulted overnight into the world he'd always sought. To maintain favour in one’s country with its comparatively small music community can be more difficult than roaming the world where orchestras are plentiful and offer itinerant conductors an immense range of opportunities and alternatives. Sustaining a successful career in music for over 60 years takes more than luck but, in the end, it will be for others to judge the extent of his contribution and the conditions under which it was made.
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Urashima
By Horace Keats
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A Japanese Fantasy
For solo voices, chorus and orchestra, c.20'00
“Urashima”, the poem which has been set to music by Horace Keats, is a legend translation from the Japanese. It may be described as a narrative fantasy in a compact form; and the story told in the lines is as follows:
The narrator, who has the opening and closing passages, remembers as he walks by the sea an old story of a fisher-lad, Urashima, considered the best fisher of his village, who one day sailed his craft out beyond the farthest visible horizon. As he looked about him, seeing nothing but the ocean and the sky, there appeared from the waves the daughter of the Sea King. She threw an enchantment upon his mind, causing him to love her deeply; and she took him to the Immortal Isles, where they plighted their troth and lived in love. But after a few days (as it seemed to him) had passed, he told her that he would go home to see his parents. She did not try to keep him, but asking him whether he meant to return to her; put into his hands a small casket. In his excitement he did not hear her tell him that if he wished to return to the Immortal Isles he must on no account open it. Hastening home to his bewilderment he found that the village, His home, everything, had disappeared and that the grass grew over all. So distressed was he that, hoping for some magic spell to work, he hastily opened the casket; and a small cloud, a trail of mist, drifted from it towards the Immortal Isles, and he himself, looking down, saw that he had grown old, incredibly old and shrivelled; his hair was white; his whole body was bent double with age. In his grief he fell upon the ground and wept, and as he wept he fell asleep in death. Urashima – pron. U-rash-im-a
Composed 1935
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ISMN 9790720217258
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For multiple choral parts contact keats@wirripang.com.au
Urban Songs
By Andrew Batterham
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tring Quartet No. 1, c.18'002nd Edition
Urban Songs is about life in an urban environment. Sometimes you’re alone in a
crowd, sometimes there’s a lack of privacy; and sometimes you belong to something larger than yourself.
- And There I Was
- Streetlights And Lost Souls
- The Union
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ISMN 96906731416998
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Vairochana
By Michael Hugh Dixon
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Percussion ensemble, c.9'00
This work represents a musical ritual in 'sound mandala style'. The bass drum provides the centre of the 'mandala' with the solo bass drum player representing the unifying quality of the meditation Buddha, Vairochana.
Composed 2003
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ISMN 9790720126180
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Valley Lay Smiling Before Me, The
By Horace Keats
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 Bass flute and piano, c.3'15
Available on CD From a Bridge of Dreams performed by Emma Knott (flute) and David Miller (piano) also included in album of print music, Download samples Also from a Bridge of Dreams volume with 22 flute works, available online $10.00 for instant PDF download score and part |
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Valley of Rocks
By Miriam Hyde
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Solo piano, c.4'55. Grade LMusA ANZCA Syllabus Licentiate Performer Dip.
The mood of this piece recalls the sunset grandeur of the Valley of Rocks, near Lynton, North Devon, England. The opening bars evoke the atmosphere of this coastal scene as night is falling. The landscape is timeless and brooding; the sea wrinkles to the horizon. Composed 1974
Recorded and performed by the composer on: Reflected Reeds (Wirr 092), Piano Imagery (Wirr 084), Valley of Rocks (Wirr 085) - available online
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ISMN 9790720151564
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Valley of Rocks - CD
By Miriam Hyde
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A collection of 12 piano pieces composed and performed by Miriam Hyde. Liner notes compiled by Ann Carr-Boyd. First released in 1993 and now re-released and available online only from Wirripang. Wirr 085
Sheet music for most of these pieces are available online.
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1 Fantasia on Waltzing Matilda
2 Rhapsody No. 1 in F# minor
3 Magpies at Sunrise
4 Brownhill Creek in Spring
5 The Ring of New Bells6 Sonata in G minor
i. Allegro energico
ii. Andante solennemente
iii. Allegro con brio
7 Reflected Reeds
8 Scherzo Fantastico
9 Valley of Rocks
10 Evening in Cordoba
11 Water Nymph
12 Concert Study No. 3 in C# minor
Valley of Vision Puritan Prayer, The
By Peter Hamilton
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SAA with organ accompaniment, c.4'10The mood is gentle, even as it undulates between anxiety and reassurance; and its words are timeless. Composed 2017
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ISMN 9790720214269
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Valse Oubliee
By R J Stove
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Violin and viola duet and piano, c.2'00
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ISMN 9790720101576
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Valse parisienne
By Michael Hannan
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Flute and piano, c.1'40. Grade 2
This piece was inspired by a nostalgic waltz style of popular French music often heard in the streets of Paris and in French romantic movies, as played by accordionists and violinists. It is in ternary form. The A section uses a descending chromatic bassline to accompany a plaintive lyrical tune; and, in the B section, a sequential melodic pattern is composed over a circle-of-fifths chord progression.
Composed 2022
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ISMN 9790673143586
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Valzer Rimoldi
By Phillip Wilcher
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Solo piano, c.2'30. Grade AMusComposed 2016
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ISMN 9790720171081
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Variations for Solo Cello
By Diana Blom
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Seven variations for solo cello. c.8'00This work, like Renaissance variations, have no theme. Instead they work with a harmonic structure plus recurring figures. Composed 1978.
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ISMN 9790720151939
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