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score available from Wise Music program note This short vocal work was written at the invitation of Michael Easton and Len Vorster who asked some composers to set words by British poet Robert Graves. I selected The Advocates – a text in which the poet asks a perfect landscape of trees through which he is … Read more
score available from Wise Music program note This song is taken from The Parrot Factory, an opera for all ages in 1 act, completed in 2010 to a libretto by Ross Baglin. In scene 6, Gina reveals her fears for her husband Jimmy, who is out of his depth dealing in the black market. text … Read more
Spotify CD available Mercurial Larissa Cairns (soprano), Patrick Lawrence (piano) Reed Music Repose Linda Thompson (soprano), Deviani Segal (piano) Move Digital (Lullaby only) score available from Wise Music program note i. Late Autumn Lullaby ii. Lullaby from ‘Nelson’ iii. Balloon Ride These lullabies were written for Linda Thompson and Deviani Segal. They were not initially … Read more
score available from Wise Music program note Texts written by the fictional Ern Malley have a special place in Australian cultural history. Students at the University of Melbourne have been setting his texts for a number of years and this in turn lead to an Ern Malley project which features settings by composers associated with … Read more
score available from Wise Music program note i. White Boats Crossing ii. Battle of the Nile iii. St. Paul’s iv. Waiting for the French v. Half Empty Towns vi. Trafalgar In October 2005 it was two centuries since Horatio Nelson died while commanding the British Fleet off Cape Trafalgar. Throughout most of that time Nelson’s … Read more
Spotify score available from Wise Music program note i. Behind the widow’s veil ii. Queen of England iii. Lullaby iv. Lanterns of illicit thought v. News from home vi. Emma’s dream Nelson, an opera in 3 acts, was completed in 2005 to a libretto by Ross Baglin. This suite of songs was assembled in 2015 … Read more
score available from Wise Music program note Angelus was written in 1988 to text by Australian poet, Ross Baglin, with whom the composer frequently collaborates. The text refers back in time to the story of a woman’s illicit pregnancy and ambiguous implications of this within the society of her time. This story is framed by … Read more
YouTube excerpt score available from Wise Music review “The Bridges Collective worked as a mobile ensemble, at one point in Stuart Greenbaum’s Columns of Rain three artists performing from stairs outside the gallery – the Greenbaum scena with its atmospheric scene-setting…demonstrating a dedication to vocal and instrumental colour.” Clive O’Connell, The Age, March 2012 author’s … Read more
Spotify score available from Wise Music recording available Mondrian Interiors Jessica Fotinos, ANAM ABC Classics, digital, 2015 program note i. Footsteps ii. The Thread iii. Unbroken Snow iv. An Empty Room This song cycle was written with long-time collaborator, poet Ross Baglin. In September 2009, I asked if he could write something around the theme … Read more
score available from Wise Music program note Ross Baglin’s text presents a series of 4 fictional letters written during the First World War from a young Melbourne woman to her partner fighting the war in Europe. These reflect the life and events back home from the perspective of the woman waiting. They are framed by … Read more