Barrie Webb
Barrie Webb is a leading figure in the development of new music for the trombone, his worldwide solo performances include numerous premières, concertos and recordings.
Barrie Webb was born in England. He read music at Cambridge University, studied trombone with Denis Wick and Vinko Globokar and conducting with Constantin Bugeanu.
A leading figure in the development of new music for the trombone, his worldwide solo performances include numerous premières, concertos and recordings. Conductor and director of the ensemble, Firebird, he has directed recordings for the BBC and has conducted in the USA, Australia and Europe - more particularly in Romania where he appears frequently on television and radio.
Barrie Webb appears on
Butterfly Modernism
Composer Eve Duncan’s third release is a two-CD set of chamber works that marks a clear shift in her musical language.
Exposé
This album spans nearly a quarter of a century of Peter Tahourdin’s chamber music, from 1971 to 1995. The works chart his compositional metamorphosis and draw on a wide range of influences and themes, from the structural procedures of Indian raga to texts from the Carmina Burana.
Bright Tracks
Winner of the 1998 ABC Classic FM Listeners’ Choice Award, this double CD gathers chamber music by Brenton Broadstock, one of Australia’s most established and respected composers.