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The Glass Soldier
music by Nigel Westlake - played by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Music from the August 2007 Melbourne Theatre Company's production. Based on a true story, Hannie Rayson's play The Glass Soldier is a deep, sincere tribute to two generations of Australians that had little, but gave everything.
The music for the play is performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jean-Louis Forestier. Magnificent trumpeter Geoffrey Payne is featured in other tracks. This rich and vibrant music, featuring the world premiere recording of The Glass Soldier Suite composed by Nigel Westlake, exhibits the wonder, tragedy, love and resolution of WW1 stretcher bearer, NH Ferguson. Press quotes:
“Nigel Westlake's considerable music score is typical of the composer's output, with quotes from familiar melodies tinged with the sonorities of American pastoralism. It's written like a film score, and used that way too, pushing the audience's emotions this way and that in crucial scenes.”
— Martin Ball, Melbourne Age Audio previews:
Track Listing:
The Glass Soldier Suite by Nigel Westlake
The Minstrel Boy - Thomas Moore Dear Lord and Father of mankind - C.H.H. Parry The Last Rose of Summer - Thomas Moore Sussex by the sea - William Ward-Higgs Invercargill - Alexander Frame Lithgow Stony broke in no man's land - Schwartz/Lewis Je Te Veux - Erik Satie Romance without Words, Op. 17 No. 3 Gabriel Fauré Catalogue Number: MD3318
Price: AU$20.00
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When a group of musicians assembled for the opening of Australia's Centennial International Exhibition in Melbourne in 1888, they began a long tradition of fine orchestral performances in this city and formed the nucleus of the orchestra we know today.
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