Brett Kelly
Brett Kelly conducts the Academy of Melbourne in classical horn concertos and living Australian scores, shaping orchestral colour that lets the solo line sing and the new work speak with clarity and warmth.
As founder of the Academy of Melbourne he partnered Hector McDonald in concertos by Haydn, Christoph Förster, Telemann and Anton Teyber: poised classical frames, warm ensemble, the horn given room to bloom. Under his direction the same players take on Michael Easton’s Piccolo Concerto, its Nocturne a fine fusion of sentiment and power, and Julian Yu’s scores that ornament Western models with Chinese folk colour. He is also among the orchestral forces on Cezary Skubiszewski’s After the Deluge soundtrack, music that moves from melting violin lines to forties jazz, Irish airs and the pop of the on-screen band.
Brett Kelly appears on
After the Deluge (Original Soundtrack)
The soundtrack to the acclaimed mini-series by award-winning Australian film composer, Cezary Skubiszewski. Richly scored for orchestra, the music effortlessly moves from haunting violin solos, to 40s jazz, Irish airs and the original pop music of the on-screen band.
Classical Allusion
Julian Yu takes famous pieces from the Western musical tradition and ornaments them in the manner of Chinese folk music.
Sun Fun and other Disappointments: The music of Michael Easton
This compilation CD brings together the wide range of British/Australian composer Michael Easton’s compositional output (1981-1993) - ranging from solo piano and duo pianos to a flute sonata, a piccolo concerto, song cycles, and four songs from Easton’s one-woman show ‘Dorothy Parker Says’.