70 More Variations on "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
The tune "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" has fascinated and irritated composers through the ages. In this second collection Julian Yu has commissioned a staggeringly diverse cornucopia of stylistic arrangements of the tune. Michael Kieran Harvey tackles scores from the frivolous to the frenetic, the fragile to the fragrant, the popular to the profound.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composer
XU Mendong composer
Michael Kieran Harvey composer
Elliott Gyger composer
QIN Wenchen composer
Brenton Broadstock composer
David DeBoor Canfield composer
Stuart Greenbaum composer
Xiao HU composer
Matthew Orlovich composer
David Keeffe composer
Mari Takano composer
Jean-Pierre Vial composer
LU Pei composer
Susan Wood composer
Joanie Chung Yee LEE composer
HU Haipeng composer
LIN Tong composer
LI Qianyun composer
Richard Pressley composer
Denis Feletto composer
Andrew D. Herring composer
Salvatore Cirillo composer
SHI Ziwei composer
Sylvia Triantafyllou composer
ZHANG Yanpeng composer
Krisna Setiawan composer
Xaralambos Nabrozidis composer
Hyekyung Lee composer
Jonathan Galton composer
Carole Quaife composer
Jia Jie Chen composer
Gareth Rhys Jones composer
Thanos Yakas composer
Louis Johnson composer
PAN Minya composer
Pat Hanchet composer
Tyler Minshew composer
Dominik Gajdoš composer
Nuno Peixoto de Pinho composer
Antanas Kučinskas composer
Yu KUWABARA composer
Tom Armitage composer
Rafael Cavastany composer
Jeffrey Edenberg composer
Clarence ZHANG composer
Courtney Williams composer
Pawel Siek composer
CHU Wanghua composer
André Luiz Greboge composer
Alexander Krasnopolsky composer
LIU Zhifeng composer
PENG Cheng composer
Sergei Oskolkove composer
Michael Roitershtein composer
Evgeny Petrov composer
Ross James Carey composer
Kym Dillon composer
Elizaveta Panchenko composer
SONG Mingzhu composer
PANG Yan composer
ZHAO Xi composer
Martine Wengrow composer
Anthony Lyons composer
Ada Nga-Ting LAI composer
Vaughan McAlley composer
Marion Gray composer
Satoshi TANAKA composer
Man-ngai Tang composer
Every composer has responded with good humour and imagination.
Artist
Michael Kieran Harvey
Australian pianist and composer, Dr Michael Kieran Harvey FAHA, is one of the foremost interpreters of contemporary piano music of his generation. A champion of Australian music, he regularly commissions new Australian music and has performed with Australia's leading contemporary music ensembles and orchestras.
Track Listing
- The Theme: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (TTLS) (Traditional)
- Ah, vous dirai-je maman Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Retrograde Canon XU Mendong
- The Ride of the Little Star Michael Kieran Harvey
- Star Trail Elliott Gyger
- A Peculiar Bird QIN Wenchen
- Sleepy Star Brenton Broadstock
- Choleric Variation on TTLS David DeBoor Canfield
- Bagatelle for Akse Stuart Greenbaum
- Ballad for Guitar Xiao HU
- Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Ferry Matthew Orlovich
- Stallar Fancy David Keeffe
- Telonius Monk Mari Takano
- Ma Mère, J'Te Kiffe Trop Grave Jean-Pierre Vial
- Impression of Australian Grassland LU Pei
- Contemplation on a Dwarf Star Courtney Williams
- Star Sprint Susan Wood
- Miniature Etude: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Joanie Chung Yee LEE
- Back to ancient China HU Haipeng
- Dance of the Golden Snake LIN Tong
- Dozing Off LI Qianyun
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: Starlight Variation Richard Pressley
- Twinkle Fifth Denis Feletto
- TTLS Chromatic bass Andrew D. Herring
- Autunno Lidio Salvatore Cirillo
- Variation for piano on the theme of TTLS SHI Ziwei
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star in a Greek Dancing Way Sylvia Triantafyllou
- Kiss ZHANG Yanpeng
- VeYeBe … where the stars twinkle Krisna Setiawan
- Twinkle the Greek Xaralambos Nabrozidis
- Starry Night (by the lake) Hyekyung Lee
- Variation on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Jonathan Galton
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Samba Star Carole Quaife
- Song of the Stars: A loose pop variation of TTLS Jia Jie Chen
- How I Wondered Gareth Rhys Jones
- 5/8 Twinkle Thanos Yakas
- 372. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Louis Johnson
- Wonderland PAN Minya
- Shimmering and Sparks Pat Hanchet
- Black Star Tyler Minshew
- Hong Kong Dominik Gajdoš
- Variation on TTLS (Nuno Peixoto de Pinho) Nuno Peixoto de Pinho
- Anton Little Boogie Antanas Kučinskas
- Kabuki of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Yu KUWABARA
- Twinkling Tom Armitage
- Variation on TTLS (Cavestany) Rafael Cavastany
- Variation: Song Jeffrey Edenberg
- Twelve Stars Clarence ZHANG
- Una variazione spettrale sul tema TTLS Pawel Siek
- Seven Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star CHU Wanghua
- TTLS: a variation for two hands André Luiz Greboge
- Prelude in D Minor Alexander Krasnopolsky
- Twinkling Light LIU Zhifeng
- Where has the Little Star Been? PENG Cheng
- The twinkle stars whisper to the moon Man-ngai Tang
- Variation on TTLS (Oskolkov) Sergei Oskolkove
- Russian Song and Dance on TTLS Michael Roitershtein
- Variation on the theme of TTLS (Evgeny Petrov) Evgeny Petrov
- Infinite Song Ross James Carey
- Then the traveller in the dark Kym Dillon
- Variation on TTLS (Panchenko) Elizaveta Panchenko
- Twinkle Little Sichuan Opera SONG Mingzhu PANG Yan
- Night Song ZHAO Xi
- Twinkle Twinkle Icy Stars Martine Wengrow
- Fallen Star Anthony Lyons
- Space Travel to the Twinkling Stars Ada Nga-Ting LAI
- Like a Diamond Vaughan McAlley
- Little Star Over the Hall of the Mountain King Marion Gray
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Satoshi Tanaka) Satoshi TANAKA
- Scintillation: Scintle, Scintle, Little Star Julian Yu
Performer
Composers
Brenton Broadstock
Brenton Broadstock is now one of Australia's most well established, respected and successful mid-generation composers. Over several decades he has built a substantial and varied catalogue, distinguished by its expressive range, structural assurance and strong engagement with performers and audiences alike, both nationally and internationally.
Stuart Greenbaum
The Stuart Greenbaum sound has overt connections to jazz, pop and minimalism but is equally grounded in the Western art music tradition.
Elliott Gyger
Elliott Gyger was born in Sydney, and has been writing music since about the age of ten. His compositional and research interests include the creation of a purely musical sense of drama and narrative, and the multilayered interplay of music and text.
Vaughan McAlley
Vaughan is a composer and arranger, alto and tenor, a capable flautist and French horn player, as well as engineer for countless Move releases.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers.
Julian Yu
The multi-award winning Australian composer Julian Yu employs a musical language imbued with a high degree of elegance and expressiveness, which are both enhanced by an impeccable craft and special attention to detail.
Where to listen
70 More Variations on "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" is available for streaming through Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.
70 More Variations on "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.
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Product details
- Catalogue number
- MD 3405
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Release date
- Nov 2015
- Musical work
copyright - © 2015 Move Records
- Sound recording
copyright - ℗ 2015 Move Records
- Category
- Classical
- Barcode
- EAN 9314574340525