Listen & tracks
3 of 13 tracks have a preview · 7 works · 96:02
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1 To the Edge Barry Conyngham 11:47
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2 Mallorca Serenade Barry Conyngham (World premiere) 11:09
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Kangaroo Island: Concerto for double bass and orchestraBarry Conyngham 5 movements19:32
- 3 Coastline – Seals – Visitors 4:02
- 4 Flatland – Kangaroos – Roadkill 3:17
- 5 Caves – Bats – Wonders 3:59
- 6 Treeline – Koalas – Survival 3:02
- 7 Skyline – Bees – Captives 5:12
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PetrichorBarry Conyngham 3 movements13:21
- 201 Dry Spell 8:11
- 202 Deluge 3:14
- 203 Petrichor 1:56
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204 Darwin: Comparing the Eye to a Telescope Barry Conyngham 7:40
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205 Gardener of Time Barry Conyngham 14:53
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206 Bushfire Dreaming Barry Conyngham 17:40
Over a career spanning more than fifty years, Barry Conyngham has published over 100 works. He has long favoured titles that carry more than one meaning and that suggest musical process. Many end in the suffix ‘-ing’, hinting at something unfinished, or still unfolding.
This set is a bouquet from the garden of his musical imagination. Most of the pieces are steeped in a vivid sense of landscape. Those landscapes, sounded into life, are also charged with human energy, as soloists and ensemble move with the vectored synergies Conyngham imagined. The recording lets us savour the colours, gestures and resonances of his music.
Reviews
A collection of orchestral works by Barry Conyngham ... His Japanese-infused aesthetic has stayed consistent over the decades and exerts a tantalising pull with its abstractly beautiful if sometimes uneasy sounds. The title work creates a gentle kaleidoscope of texture ... Live performances by The Ormond Ensemble and Melbourne Conservatorium String Ensemble under conductor Richard Davis are riveting. ★★★★½
Barry Conyngham’s fascinating, original and engaging new CD provides an hour and a half of fascinating, original and engaging music from one of Australia’s most revered composers whose music though modern in idioms is nonetheless very approachable to the average listener. The title piece is taken from an essay by Takemitsu based on a poem by Australian teenager Susan Morrison including the lines ”Hours are the leaves of life – And I am their gardener- Each hour falls down slow.” Kangaroo Island, a concerto for Double Bass invoking different aspects of one of his favourite locations – the five movements really show off the dexterity of the instrument played so well by Robert Nairn as well as highlighting the attractions of the island.
A wonderful collection of recent works from one of Australia’s most important composers. ... what strikes me about Barry’s music is its devotion to what he once described to me as being ‘humane’ – concerned with the outcast, be it a visionary or a convict, and with the environment, built or natural. As his music has unfolded much has remained constant, and it’s been fascinating to hear how that manifests in this collection of mainly recent pieces.
Artists
Barry Conyngham
composer
Barry Conyngham, born in Sydney, has received numerous awards and fellowships for composition, among them Churchill, Harkness, Australia Council and Senior Fulbright grants. He holds an ARIA, two Sounds Australian Critics Awards and two Maggs Awards.
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- The Ormond Ensemble · ensemble · all except disc 2 track 6
- The Melbourne Conservatorium String Ensemble · ensemble · disc 2 track 6
- Ken Murray · acoustic guitar · disc 1 track 2
- Robert Nairn · double bass · disc 1 tracks 3–7
- Linda Barcan · mezzo soprano · disc 2 track 4
- Richard Davis · conductor
Technical credits
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Producer
Jennifer Mills
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Recording Engineer
Haig Burnell
Russell Thomson
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Mastering Engineer
Martin Wright
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 96 minutes 2 seconds
- Release date
- Feb 2021
- Categories
- Classical, Orchestral
- Musical work copyright
- © 2020 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 2021 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3455
- EAN
- 9314574345520
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