Milerum's Basket

An exciting new CD showcasing the brilliant music of the Adelaide-based composer, Becky Llewellyn, featuring the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the Lights Contemporary Ensemble, a multimedia video and much more!

Adelaide-based Becky Llewellyn has been composing for many years and yet has not received the recognition she deserves for her beautiful works. Featuring an innovative classical music video, together with groups such as the Adelaide Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, the Adelaide Chamber Choir and soloists including marimba virtuoso Ryszard Pusz, this CD is an attempt to redress the situation and showcases a broad selection of Lewellyn's works over the past decade. The title, Milerum's Basket, refers to Llewellyn's orchestral tribute to South Australia's Ngarrindjeri people that were once based in the sand dunes of the Coorong region.

For those under pressure and feeling time poor, listening to Llewellyn's fresh acoustic music played by some of Australia's top musicians will stimulate and refresh the spirit.

Artists

Antony Walker

Born in Sydney, Antony Walker is at the forefront of a new generation of Australian musicians, having established a reputation for artistic excellence in direction and performance over the last decade.

Catalina Chamber Orchestra

The orchestra was founded in 1991 by Dr. Enrique Lasansky, and as a non-profit group fills an important niche in the cultural life of Tucson and surrounding Southern Arizona communities.

Enrique Lasansky

Dr. Enrique Lasansky is the founder of the Catalina Chamber Orchestra. He is also a professional clarinetist and has performed as a clarinetist and bass clarinetist with the Arizona Opera Company Orchestra.

Nancy Davis Booth

Nancy Davis Booth is quickly becoming known as one of the most versatile sopranos working the American music scene today. Her vivacity and presence, off-centered interpretations and humor make her an easy favorite of pops orchestras and audiences.

Ryszard Pusz

Ryszard Pusz has had over fifty pieces written for him by composers here and overseas and has appeared as soloist and conductor with orchestras and major percussion ensembles throughout Australian and Europe.

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra was founded as a 17 player radio ensemble in 1936 and performed its first series of public concerts in 1937. Mr William Cade, an Adelaide born musician who had worked in London with Sir Thomas Beecham, was the orchestra's first conductor.

Graham Abbott

One of Australia's best-known orchestral and opera conductors, Graham Abbott is also a respected teacher and is often involved in educational projects such as music camps and residencies across Australia.

Grahame Dudley

In 1990, Dudley formed the new music ensemble 'Lights' in Adelaide. With twenty-seven performances by fifteen Australian composers in the first year, the ensemble was presented with the 1991 Sounds Australian Composers' Award for the Most Distinguished Contribution to the Presentation of Australian New Music for a Group Resident in South Australia.

Adelaide Chamber Singers

Formally known as the Adelaide Chamber Choir, the Adelaide Chamber Singers has pursued the path to choral excellence for over sixteen years.

Carl Crossin

Adelaide Chamber Singers' Founder and Director, Carl Crossin, is well-known and respected throughout Australia as a choral conductor.

Lights Chamber Ensemble

Directed by the South Australian composer Grahame Dudley, the Adelaide-based coontemporary music ensemble Lights has performed at many Barossa Music Festivals since the first Festival in 1990.


Press quotes

“Becky Llewellyn ... draws on a holistic response to nature, landscape, sound and the simple materials of musical tonality ... most convincing ... a sincere Australian view of rapture.”

— Peter McCallum, Sydney Morning Herald

“It looks wonderful, but more to the point, the music is ... just TERRIFIC!”

— Charles Southwood, ABC Classic FM

“eminently listenable”

— 5MBS FM

“The orchestration is complex, delicate and magical ... unreservedly recommended ... of outstanding musical quality.”

— Peter Larsen, 3MBS FM Libretto

“All of the works deserve praise for the high calibre of the music and their performances ... Becky Llewellyn unfortunately is not a name that we immediately think of when naming Australian female composers. This is a shame, as her under representation means Australians are not hearing music from one of the nation's finest composers.”

— Christopher Wainwright, Continuo

Audio previews

Track Listing

  1. Berceuse Becky Llewellyn 5:40
  2. Milerum's Basket Becky Llewellyn 10:39

    3. O, Wonder! Becky Llewellyn

  3. Antiphon for God the Father (Moderato) 1:57
  4. Antiphon for the Virgin (Allegro) 7:00
  5. Antiphon for the Holy Spirit (Andante) 1:43
  6. Antiphon for the Redeemer (Adagio) 1:21
  7. Antiphon for the Angels (Allegretto) 1:33
  8. Antiphon for the Virgin (Animato) :57
  9. Antiphon for the Virgin (Andantino) 2:06
  10. Antiphon for Divine Love (Andante con moto) 1:41
  11. Antiphon for God the Father (Maestoso) 3:34
  12. Song Web from Sticks and Stones (after Andy Goldsworthy) Becky Llewellyn 4:45
  13. Vladimir Illych on the ladder of history Becky Llewellyn 5:59
  14. Whales Weep Not! Becky Llewellyn 14:42

Performers

Composer

Becky Llewellyn

Llewellyn is an enthusiast, thinker and communicator who creates an empathetic blend of ideas and emotions designed to help the listener explore inner landscapes. Her early love of acoustic music, combined with respect for musicians, gives authenticity to her music which is conceived to be performed live.


Availability

Milerum's Basket can be purchased online through Buywell Just Classical or the Australian Music Centre who both offer secure online ordering.

This title is also available in (or can be ordered through) many fine music retailers across Australia, including Thomas’, Discurio and Readings.

Product details

List price
$26.00 AUD
Total playing time
63 minutes 37 seconds
Categories
Australian, Choral, Classical, Orchestral
Catalogue number
MD 3261
Alternate catalogue number
MD3261
Barcode
EAN 9314574326123