Composers and Authors
Waltzing Matilda Concert Band
By Gavin Lockley
Regular price
$110.00
Concert band with voice and choir, c.4'30
Words by A B "Banjo" Patterson. Composed 2009 arr. 2014
Audio sample used with permission: The NSW Police Band under the Command of Snr. Sgt. Murray Mayday, conducted by Director of Music John Saunders.
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ISMN 9790720140896
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Waltzing with Elling
By Diana Blom
Regular price
$15.00
Viola and piano (or double bass), c.3'14
Waltzing with Elling is a tribute to American jazz singer Kurt Elling and jazz bass player Rob Amster. The waltz seeks to capture some of the characteristics of 'The Waking', a song for voice and double bass from the CD 'Nightmoves '(2007), which sets a poem by American poet Theodore Roethke.
Composed 2019
Recorded by Dawn Bennett viola and Diana Blom on Australia - East and West, (Wirr 101) available online.
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ISMN 9790720226903
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Wanderer's Song, A
By John Martin
Regular price
$15.00
Baritone and piano, c.2'00
Words by John Masefield
Composed 2021
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ISMN 9790673140943
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Wandering Companionless
By Hugh Dixon
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$30.00
Two songs "To the Moon" and "Tears" linked and written in the Dorian mode to give them a somewhat haunting quality
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ISMNM720007670
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War and Peace
By Colin Bright
Regular price
$30.00
SATB, c.13'30For discount on multiple copies contact keats@wirripang.com.au. Composed 1994
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ISMN 9790720151274
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War Letters
By Diana Blom, Larry Sitsky, Nicole Murphy, Elliott Gyger
Regular price
$25.00
New music commemorating WWIWorks by Elliot Gyger, Nicole Murphy, Larry Sitsky and Diana Blom and performed by Halcyon: Alison Morgan soprano, Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo soprano, Clive Birch bass, James Wannan viola, Kaylie Dunstan percussion, Jo Allan piano and Geoffrey Gartner conductor (tracks 1-5).
One doesn't have to dig too deeply to find that many people have a family connection to WWI, with stories of relatives who returned safely ... or did not. Four Australian composers, representing four generations, were commissioned to set letters from WWI for new music ensemble Halcyon. The thoughts, reflections and feelings expressed in these personal letters are as fresh today as they were 100 years ago. War Letters brings into focus the day to day experiences of the men and women taken up by war. From these personal memories we can reflect on the enormous impact the war, as it continues in our present lives, and truly empathise with those individuals who are speaking to us from both the past and the present.
Wirr 074
Concert Program of Schools Presentation - Tuesday 10 November 2015, Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble
Concert Program for Public Audience - Saturday 7th November 2015, Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble
Review of CD by Music Teachers' Association NSW - The Studio - February 2017
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Un poilu australien - Elliott Gyger (2015) [1-5]
1 August - November 1914
2 April 1915 - January 1916
3 April - June 1916
4 July 1916
5 August 1916
'Dearest Mother ...' - Nicole Murphy (2015) [6-9]
6 Leaving Home
7 Egypt
8 France
9 England
10 Letter from the Trenches - Larry Sitsky (2015)
Triptych (war letters) - Diana Blom (2015) [11-13]
11 Gallipoli letter: Ellie (Frank Robinson)
12 Vietnam diary: Great bloody Xmas break (David Wilkins)
13 Afghan emails: Bread and kids (Andrew Hastie)
Warlords
By Phillip Wilcher
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$25.00
Fanfare for Brass ensemble, c.1'30
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ISMN 9790720106564
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Warp and the Weft, The
By Vivien Arnold
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$8.00
SA, flute and piano
Words by the composer. Composed 2017
For discount on multiple copies contact keats@wirripang.com.au
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ISMN 9790720172781
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Washing the Sun
By Ross Fiddes
Regular price
$65.00
Chorus a cappella SATB and percussion, c.6:10-6:30. Advanced level of difficulty.
Words by Paulo Moraes (translated from the Portuguese). The work for SATB chorus and a percussion ensemble is centred on vibraphone and large marimba.
For discount on multiple copies of choral part contact keats@wirripang.com.au
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ISMN 9790673142039
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Wasted and Worn, Op.6
By Jonathan Little
Regular price
$20.00
or "All Passion Spent"
Part song for a cappella SSAATTBB choir, c.12'00
Lyrics by John Leicester Warren, Lord de Tabley (1835-1895). From "A Parting":
Wasted and worn that passion must expire,
Which swept at sunrise like a sudden fire
Across the whitened crest of happy waves.
Now lonely in a labyrinth of graves,
His footsteps foiled, his spirit bound and numb,
Gray Love sits dumb.
Discount price for multiple copies contact keats@wirripang.com.au
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ISMN 9790720249940
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Watching the River Flow
By John Peterson
Regular price
$10.00
Solo piano, c. 1'12. Grade 5
An exciting piece to play while improving the sense of rhythm!
Composed 2010
Edited and recorded by Katie Zhukov as part of the Wirripang Australian Piano Anthology, Book 2 available online
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ISMN 9790720227726
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Water Dreamers
By Kevin March
Regular price
$60.00
For String Quartet in five movements, c.20'00
- I. Harbour Lights
- II. Ghost on the Tide
- III. Mild as a Star in Water
- IV. Dancing on Whitecaps
- V. Always Dreaming of Waves
The theme of and inspiration for the work is the character and timeless nature of the relationship between Australia’s coastal environments and its people, and the connection between old worlds and new. Water holds a unique place in the lives of Australians.
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ISMN 9790673143012
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