Sally Whitwell
Sally Whitwell’s Three by Three turns Alice in Wonderland into triple-time dances for recorder and string quartet, with a delightfully mordant waltz at its centre. As pianist she partners Halcyon in the chamber songs of Andrew Schultz and Elliott Gyger.
On Muse she closes a programme of new Australian works for recorder and strings with music that stays lightly on its feet: every section in three, storybook colour without sugar. The same ear for texture and timing serves her at the keyboard. In Schultz’s cycles she steadies word-painting and cross-rhythms for two voices and mixed ensemble; in Gyger’s Petit Testament she is the third presence beside soprano and mezzo, giving the Ern Malley setting its spare lyrical frame. Whether writing or playing, the music stays clear, theatrical and tightly made.
Compositions by Sally Whitwell appear on
Muse
Australian recorder virtuoso Alicia Crossley and the acclaimed Acacia Quartet present the premiere recording of Australian compositions for recorder and string quartet inspired by poetry, mythology, historic tunes and storybook characters.