Lachlan Brown
Lachlan Brown is an Australian composer of Impressionist and Romantic music, shaped by Mahler, Debussy and Delius. He writes especially for harp, soprano, chamber ensembles and wordless choir.
His love of song cycles comes from Mahler, and his fondness for the harp and small string ensembles reflects his love of French composers of the early twentieth century.
Three Move recordings, performed by some of Melbourne’s finest musicians, hold a wealth of music: elegant pieces for string quartet, harp and piano; songs with texts by favourite poets from Germany and France, and from China; and vocalises and choral meditations that show his skill in wordless vocal writing, treating the human voice as a beautiful instrument.
Lachlan Brown is featured on the following titles
By the Winding River: songs from old Chinese Poems by Lachlan Brown
In the tradition of Gustav Mahler’s The Song of the Earth, Lachlan Brown shapes ancient Chinese poems into a modern song cycle of wonder, nature, friendship and longing.
Lachlan Brown Chamber Works
Lachlan Brown’s Chamber Works offers an hour of beautiful, relaxing music for his favourite instruments and ensembles: piano, harp, organ, violin, cello and string quartet.
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The Night Sky Glory: Songs and Choral Works by Lachlan Brown
Vocal works by Lachlan Brown: songs on poems by Victor Hugo, Heinrich Heine and Rainer Maria Rilke, with wordless vocalises and choral meditations for multi-tracked voices.
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