Stephen Yates
Stephen Yates (b. 1957) is a Sydney composer whose catalogue includes ballet scores and chamber works, among them music for lower-voiced recorders and strings.
His one-act ballet Love Reconciled or The Rewards of Evil, built on French baroque themes, received its world première recording on Love Reconciled (MCD 424).
The dancelike Bat-Music for alto recorder and string quartet appears on Muse (MCD 587), a programme of Australian works for recorder and string quartet.
Compositions by Stephen Yates appear on
Muse
Australian recorder virtuoso Alicia Crossley joins the Acacia Quartet for the premiere recording of six Australian works for lower-voiced recorders and string quartet, drawing on poetry, mythology, historic song and storybook characters.
Love Reconciled
A landmark in Australian early-music performance, The Marais Project’s Love Reconciled is a recording to return to often and savour deeply.