ABC Classic FM, Australia’s national fine music broadcaster, has released a wonderful series of historic recordings of Australian music on a new website, Australian Music Presented (AMP).
The ABC has recorded a significant number of Australian works throughout its history. This is a wonderful initiative in terms of making recordings of Australian music available to the [...]
A CD containing the recording of my violin concerto has recently been released by Ancalgon, featuring internationally renowned violinist Lara St. John with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sarah Ioannides.
This is a really amazing recording in a number of ways. Firstly the performance is outstanding, as can be expected. Secondly, it is [...]
William Barton and I are having a new composition premiered by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House on 2-4 April, 2008.
The work is called Kalkadungu, which is the name of the tribe from which William originates. It’s scored for a soloist playing electric guitar, singing and didjeridu [...]
It was wonderful for my Percussion Concerto, written for Evelyn Glennie and The Queensland Orchestra, to be a finalist in the 2007 Classical Music Awards.
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It was a finalist in the Orchestral Work of the Year category. Thanks to Evelyn and The Queensland Orchestra for a wonderful experience and the opportunity for [...]
for amplified cello and orchestra (picc.1.2(II=ca).2.1.cbsn - 4231 - timp - perc(1) - harp - strings)
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This work was commissioned by the Adelaide Cello Festival, premiered by Li Wei Qin (cello) and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, cond. Arvo Volmer, 11 April 2008.
This movement for [...]
for orchestra (Picc.2222 4231 Timp 4Perc Strings)
duration: 5 minutes
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Programme Notes
An Infernal Machine, as the title may imply, takes as its starting a hellish vision of the future where machines and artificial life forms have overtaken their human creators - rather as in the Terminator series of films.
This piece [...]