Andrew Batterham
Andrew Batterham is an Australian composer whose music ranges from sacred choral settings to brass and chamber works for contemporary ensembles.
His Three Psalms appear with the Choir of Scots’ Church, Melbourne, on Sing to the Lord, ye Heavenly Hosts (MCD 200). A Trumpet Concerto is heard live with Victoria Brass on Victoria Brass Live (MCD 641). For trumpet, trombone and guitar he wrote Organica, opening Ensemble Three’s Midnight Songs (TP237), a work of driving rhythms, colourful overlays and gradual organic growth from its opening material.
Compositions by Andrew Batterham appear on
Victoria Brass Live
A top-class Australian brass band under Matthew van Emmerik in a full, varied programme of innovative repertoire: two world premieres, three Australasian premieres, and some well-loved classics.
Sing to the Lord, ye Heavenly Hosts
The Choir of The Scots' Church offers sacred music from sixteenth-century Palestrina to twenty-first-century Australian composer Andrew Batterham, crowned by a rare performance of Widor's Mass for choir, baritone choir and two organs.