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Phoenix Songs
Genevieve Lacey - Music for the recorder by Australian composers.
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Conjuring images of the phoenix 'rising from the ashes' the recorder is presently enjoying somewhat of a renaissance itself. Six of Australia's well-known composers pair the recorder with piano, harpsichord, voice and live electronics. The opening work, Brenton Broadstock's 'Aureole 3' is concerned with the dichotomy that exists between holy and unholy, good and evil, consonance and dissonance. Throughout, a fierce conflict between these opposing elements is fought out with harpsichord and recorder continually exchanging roles. Amanda Baker's title piece 'Phoenix Songs' is an interplay of struggle between two forces: Robert Chamberlain's ethereal piano shimmers and thunderous outbursts match the violently articulated fragments of Genevieve Lacey's recorder; pushing both instruments to their limits - and sometimes beyond. In Ros Bandt's 'Flight', birds hover and swoop, are caught and sustained by air currents: here the recorder soars effortlessly - flying free from all stereotypes! Hear also Ian Shanahan's 'Helican Ribbon', Benjamin Thorn's spectacular 'Yellow Bats', and Neil Currie's 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'. Press quotes:
“plenty of new territory to explore.”
— Tony Way, The Age - Green Guide “... a testament to the strength of compositional and performing talent in Australia.”— Australia's Journal of Recorder and Early Music “This excellently devised and performed program displays the recorder as a valid instrument of contemporary expression.”— Bill Hoffmann, Canberra Times Audio previews:
Track Listing:
Aureole 3 (Brenton Broadstock)
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Neil Currie) Lingua Silens Florum (Ian Shanahan) Pipistrelli gialli (Yellow bats): I, II, III (Benjamin Thorn) Cathy's Song (Ian Shanahan) Helical Ribbon (Ian Shanahan) Phoenix Songs: Prelude, Arabesque, Rhapsody (Amanda Baker) Flight (Ros Bandt) Catalogue Number: MD3165
Price: AU$26.00
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 Featured Artists:
Recent ARIA winner and one of Australia's outstanding young recorder players, Genevieve Lacey is Artistic Director of the Melbourne Autumn Music Festival.
Hartley Newnham performs music ranging from Troubadour songs to the avant-garde and jazz. Together with pianist Nicholas Routley, has premiered many new works.
Robert Chamberlain studied in Melbourne with Max Cooke, in Vienna with David Lutz and Igo Koch, and at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada, where he coached with distinguished artists including John Perry, Peter Donohoe, Janos Starker and Lorand Fenyves.
Ann teaches harpsichord and thorough bass at the University of Melbourne, and has given numerous recitals in Australia both as a soloist and in ensemble, and has recorded for the ABC.
David Corbet is the founder of Slightly Moving Productions, a digital media company that works primarily within the performing arts. His most recent video work has been editing a music video clip for local electronic act Down Town Brown.
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