Dances and Delights
Premiere recordings of Australian and American works for modern flute ensemble fill this album with spirit and serenity, from waltzes and two-steps to cherished song arrangements.
Peter Sheridan low flutes
Tony Gould piano
Rhys Boak piano
Jazmine Morris conductor
Harold Arlen composer
David Henderson composer
Tony Gould composer
Adrienne Albert composer
Dmitri Shostakovich composer
James Mustafa composer
Rika Ishige composer
Houston Dunleavy composer
Carolyn Morris composer
James Horner composer
Daniel Dorff composer
Carolyn Grace arranger
Works by jazz pianist Tony Gould and award-winning composers Daniel Dorff, Carolyn Morris and Adrienne Albert complete a programme of silvery, returning pleasures.
A video of James Mustafa’s piece, performed by the Monash University Flute Ensemble, was filmed during the recording sessions.
Brindavan is a harem in India. I have an image of fountains and a lush garden.
Artists
Monash University Flute Ensemble
The Monash University Flute Ensemble is directed by Peter Sheridan. The flautists perform on the wide array of instruments from the modern day flute ensemble (from piccolo to hyperbass flute).
Peter Sheridan
Peter Sheridan is a low-flute specialist whose bass, contrabass, subcontrabass and hyperbass playing has opened a new sound world through more than seventy commissions and a substantial body of recordings.
Tracks
- Valsette Joachim Andersen 2:21
- Over the Rainbow Harold Arlen 3:24
- Prelude 2:59
- Processional 2:00
- Romance 2:01
- A New Spring Day Tony Gould 8:37
- Visions of Grace Adrienne Albert 5:27
- Danse Fantastique, Op. 6 No. ii Dmitri Shostakovich Arr: Carolyn Grace 3:23
- Portrait de l'homme du commun James Mustafa 4:25
- First movement 2:09
- Second movement 2:13
- Evening Prayer Houston Dunleavy 4:25
- Oceana Carolyn Morris 6:35
- My Heart Will Go On James Horner 3:39
- Fireworks Daniel Dorff 5:17
Consortium David Henderson
Brindavan Rika Ishige
Performers
- Monash University Flute Ensemble
- Peter Sheridan · low flutes
- Tony Gould · track 6
- Rhys Boak · track 14
- Jazmine Morris · track 14
Composers
Adrienne Albert
Adrienne Albert (born 1941) is an American composer living and working in Santa Monica, California.
Joachim Andersen
Carl Joachim Andersen (29 April 1847 - 7 May 1909) was a Danish flutist, conductor and composer born in Copenhagen, son of the flutist Christian Joachim Andersen.
Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen (1905–1986) was an American composer of popular song whose work sits at the heart of the Great American Songbook. He wrote the complete score for the film The Wizard of Oz, including Over the Rainbow.
Daniel Dorff
Daniel Dorff was born in New Rochelle, NY; acclaim came at age 18 with First Prize in the Aspen Music Festival's annual composers' competition for his Fantasy, Scherzo and Nocturne for saxophone quartet.
Houston Dunleavy
Houston Dunleavy was born in Ulster and has pursued a wide-ranging international career as a musician, conductor and composer, working across Australia and the United States.
Tony Gould
Pianist and composer Tony Gould is one of Australia’s most respected musicians. His career has spanned jazz and other improvisatory forms as well as traditional and contemporary classical, and for decades he has stood at the forefront of music education in Australia.
David Henderson
David Henderson was born in Liverpool, England in 1942 and emigrated to Australia in 1968 to take up a position as clarinettist with the RAAF Central Band at Laverton, Victoria.
James Horner
James Roy Horner (14 August 1953 - 22 June 2015) was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator of film scores. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements, and for his frequent use of motifs associated with Celtic music.
Carolyn Morris
Carolyn Morris is an accomplished oboist, composer and pianist in the Melbourne area. She has studied at both he the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School and the Victorian College for the Arts (University).
James Mustafa
James Mustafa is a well-known Australian composer, conductor and multi-instrumentalist. He is the founder and leader of the Melbourne Composers Big Band, artistic director of the Melbourne Big Band Festival, the sousaphonist of Horns Of Leroy, the Orchestral Manager and choral conductor of Sing Australia and is the composer/bandleader of the James Mustafa Jazz Orchestra.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated of the twentieth century, whose symphonies, chamber works and piano music remain central to the repertoire.
Rika Ishige
Rika Ishige graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts majoring in composition.
Where to listen
Dances and Delights is available for streaming through Spotify and Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.
Dances and Delights is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.
Product details
- Catalogue number
- MD 3421
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 58 minutes 55 seconds
- Producer
- Martin Wright
- Recording Engineer
- Ben Grayson
- Editing Engineer
- Vaughan McAlley
- Release date
- 20 Sep 2017
- Musical work
copyright - © 2017 Move Records
- Sound recording
copyright - ℗ 2017 Move Records
- Category
- Classical
- Genre
- Contemporary Classical
- Barcode
- EAN 9314574342123
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