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YouTube score available from Wise Music program note Terraforming is the theoretical process of modifying a planet or moon’s atmosphere, temperature, topography or ecology to create an environment similar enough to Earth to be habitable by humans: “Recent scientific results suggest that there is not enough CO2 remaining on Mars…; in addition, most of it … Read more
YouTube CD available Hinterland Romp Duo: Barry Cockcroft (alto saxophone), Adam Pinto (piano) Reed Music score available from Reed Music program note Stay close now as winter’s White fuse burns across The lake and the hinterland (excerpt from Late Autumn Lullaby by Ross Baglin) A hinterland is a district behind a coast, or river’s banks … Read more
Spotify CD available 800 Million Heartbeats Ashley Brown, Sarah Watkins ABC Classics score available from Wise Music program note Stay close now as winter’s White fuse burns across The lake and the hinterland (excerpt from Late Autumn Lullaby by Ross Baglin) A hinterland is a district behind a coast, or river’s banks with the suggestion … Read more
YouTube score available from Wise Music program note This duo for trumpet and chamber organ was written in memory of my father in law, John Rothschild, who I knew for 28 years. It was written for his memorial service at the Swedish Church in Melbourne. John grew up in Denmark and emigrated with his family … Read more
Spotify CD available A Trillion Miles of Darkness David Griffiths (clarinet), Timothy Young (Piano) ABC Classics Crazy Logic Romp Duo: Barry Cockcroft (alto saxophone), Adam Pinto (piano) Reed Music score available from Reed Music program note i: in orbit This was written wondering what it would be like to see the Earth from space. It … Read more
score available fromWise Music program noteThis duo for viola and piano is a musical response to a series of 6 digital drawings by Bulgarian artist Radina Stoïmenova. We were both in residence at the Akiyoshidai International Art Village in Japan in 2019. I returned to AIAV 4 years later in 2023 and started sketching this … Read more
Spotify score available from Wise Music program note This piece was written at the request of Brigid Burke and Bruce Petherick who gave the premiere performance on 30 October 1998 at the Gryphon Gallery, The University of Melbourne. The title is partially in jest, but who knows – maybe there really are ‘green men’ out … Read more
YouTube – (from 16:29 to 22:26) score available from Wise Music program note This serenade for cello and piano is taken from a larger work, Dance Music for Concert Halls. There is a form of ‘dance music’ in the classical tradition whose purpose does not require any dancing. And I often wonder what it means, therefore, … Read more
score available from Wise Music program note The Moon is in synchronous rotation with the Earth, always showing the same face. The most visible celestial object in night sky, the Moon’s phases have been a guide, mystery and delight to humanity for millennia. This piece was commissioned by Cherry Hense and Will Ekselman to celebrate … Read more
score available from Wise Music program note Life in a Day was commissioned by Riley Lee for the 2008 World Shakuhachi Festival (Sydney) with assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts. It exploits the natural tuning of the shakuhachi but also seeks to re–contextualise its cultural association through the influence … Read more