Listen & tracks
5 of 20 tracks have a preview · 7 works · 79:26
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Music for a Lost Planet (2009)Gary Schocker 4 movements13:27
- 1 Above 3:11
- 2 Below 5:14
- 3 Burn 1:16
- 4 Float 3:46
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5 Song Without Words (2013) Jane Hammond Expressive and relaxed 3:27
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Owis Sfutel (2012)Taran Carter 5 movements17:18
- 6 Adagio 2:45
- 7 Allegretto 5:00
- 8 Con molto energy 4:52
- 9 Largo 1:50
- 10 Adagio 2:51
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11 Elegia Jelle Hogenhuis Tranquillo, senza tempo 7:34
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Sonata, Op. 99 (2008)Andrew Downes 4 movements20:32
- 12 Largo e espressivo 5:09
- 13 Allegretto con moto 4:47
- 14 Adagio con amore 5:21
- 15 Allegro Brilliante 5:15
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Forest Over Sea (2013)Carolyn Morris 4 movements15:02
- 16 Awakening 4:26
- 17 Skylarking 3:54
- 18 Turquoise Sea 4:05
- 19 Ocean Ride 2:37
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20 Clumsy Dances, No. 6 (2011) Houston Dunleavy A Clumsy Gigue 2:06
For many flutists, holding an alto or bass flute for more than a few minutes is physically demanding. Newer designs ease that burden, and Sheridan hopes players of every age will explore the low flutes without letting practical limits shut out a wider world of tone.
These giant instruments can hold attention well beyond the usual three- to five-minute span. As he puts it, sound waves grow especially interesting near the edges of hearing (20,000 Hz – 16 Hz), and it is those extreme frequencies he wants to invite back into the listening ear.
The works gathered here shape a sonorous field that rewards close attention. Giving sound duration, intensity and colour, then fixing it in notation so it can be remade long after first creation, remains one of the quiet miracles of art music.
Tone lingers in the mind and inner ear after the air is still — what Sheridan calls the ‘Sonorous Effect’. Like ripples carrying energy across a pond, musical vibration moves through mind, planet and, in his image, the galaxy beyond.
Reviews
A beautiful selection of music by many wonderful artists including the talented Mr Peter Sheridan, taking your ears on a magical, sonorous journey enhanced by the deep resonance of the low flutes and substantial sonatas. ★★★★★
Mr Sheridan and co have brought together a wonderful sequence of pieces which draws you into a beautiful journey with highs and lows. Ultimately lifting the spirit and leaving you pleasantly surprised. ★★★★★
the instruments are new and thrilling [like a] Suess-ianly delight...
The prime mover of all this exposition of the flute in all its forms is Melbourne based academic and flute enthusiast Peter Sheridan. The two CDs are in fact very different. While Sonorous Sonatas is a recording of Peter Sheridan playing low flutes in duets with piano, alto flute and piccolo, Fantasie Australis is a CD of large-scale pieces for the full Monash University Flute Ensemble often including twenty-one flautists. Peter Sheridan established this flute ensemble in 2010 and it has paved the way for many flautists and composers to explore the sonic possibilities of the extended flute family.
Don’t expect to hear a Bach fugue or a flute arrangement of the Brandenburg Concertos. These adventurous albums are all new music with mostly Australian composers commissioned by Peter Sheridan to explore the sonorities of the huge range of the western flute. The composers are Gary Schocker, Jane Hammond, Taran Carter, Jellie Hogenhuis, Andrew Downes, Carolyn Morris, Houston Dunleavy, Vincent Giles, Vaughan McAlley, Thomas Reiner, Russell Gilmour, Emma Rogers and Michael Rosiak.
Artists
Peter Sheridan
alto flute, bass flute, contrabass flute, subcontrabass flute
Peter Sheridan is a low-flute specialist whose bass, contrabass, subcontrabass and hyperbass playing has opened a new sound world through more than seventy commissions and a substantial body of recordings.
Taran Carter
composer
Taran Carter has been writing music since he realised that to be a pop star you either had to look good, sound good or write nice tunes. He chose the last. Taran’s musical interests are diverse; they include Toru Takemitsu, Paul Simon, Iannis Xenakis, Augie March, Arvo Pärt, The Beatles and Claude Debussy.
Andrew Downes
composer
Andrew Downes was born in Handsworth, Birmingham, in 1950. He won a choral scholarship to St. John's College, Cambridge (in 1969), where he gained an MA degree specializing in composition; and in 1974 went on to study with Herbert Howells at the Royal College of Music. Between 1990 and 2005, he was Head of the School of Composition and Creative Studies at Birmingham Conservatoire and was awarded a Professorship in 1992. He now works as a freelance composer.
Houston Dunleavy
composer
Houston Dunleavy was born in Ulster and has pursued a wide-ranging international career as a musician, conductor and composer, working across Australia and the United States.
Jane Hammond
composer
Jane Hammond has composed original music for mainstream and community theatre and the concert stage, for ensembles and companies including Ensemble Liaison, Victoria State Opera, Opera Australia, and the Melbourne International Festival. Her works, heard throughout Australia and abroad, have been described as of “ravishing beauty and rare artistic distinction”.
Carolyn Morris
composer
Carolyn Morris is an accomplished oboist, composer and pianist in the Melbourne area. She has studied at both he the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School and the Victorian College for the Arts (University).
Gary Schocker
composer
Gary Schocker is an accomplished flautist, composer and pianist of outstanding versatility. He has composed sonatas and chamber music for most instruments of the orchestra.
Jelle Hogenhuis
composer
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Peter Sheridan · alto flute, bass flute, contrabass flute, subcontrabass flute
- Katherine Day · piano · tracks 1–4, 6–10
- Jane Hammond · piano · tracks 5, 12–15
- Jessica Laird · alto flute · track 11
- Lisa-Maree Amos · alto flute · tracks 16–19
- Andrew Macleod · piccolo · track 20
- Carolyn Morris · piano · tracks 16–19
Technical credits
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Recording Engineer
Blake Stickland
Vaughan McAlley
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Editing Engineer
Vaughan McAlley
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Mixing Engineer
Vaughan McAlley
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Mastering Engineer
Martin Wright
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Venue
Move Records Studio
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 79 minutes 26 seconds
- Release date
- 25 Jul 2014
- Category
- Classical
- Musical work copyright
- © 2014 Move Records
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 2014 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3375
- EAN
- 9314574337525
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