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Exposé

This album spans nearly a quarter of a century of Peter Tahourdin’s chamber music, from 1971 to 1995. The works chart his compositional metamorphosis and draw on a wide range of influences and themes, from the structural procedures of Indian raga to texts from the Carmina Burana.

Peter Tahourdincomposer
  • CatalogueMD 3205
  • Released1998
  • Playing time70 minutes 13 seconds
  • Recorded at Move Records Studio

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1 of 6 tracks have a preview · 6 works · 70:13

  1. 1 Dialogue No. 1 Peter Tahourdin 9:54
  2. 2 Raga Music 1 Peter Tahourdin The Starlight Night 16:01
  3. 3 Dialogue No. 4 Peter Tahourdin 11:01
  4. 4 Songs of Love and Fortune Peter Tahourdin 14:37
  5. 5 Raga Music 4 Peter Tahourdin For Two 12:02
  6. 6 Exposé Peter Tahourdin 6:38

Exposé

1. a musical exposition

2. an exhibition

3. an exposing of the artist’s personality through his or her work.

The programme features many of Australia’s finest musicians, among them Michael Kieran Harvey, Kirsten Williams, Jeannie Marsh, Frederick Shade, Rudolf Osadnik, Arturs Ezergailis, Peter Neville, Bradley Daley, Carl Rosman and Phillipa Safey.

Dialogue Nos. 1 and 4, from Tahourdin’s Dialogue series, explore direct yet varied interplay between two performers. They are inspired by conversation: a topic is broached, discussed and extended before a new subject is introduced.

Raga Music Nos. 1 and 4 take their structure from the unfolding of the raga in north Indian classical music. Raga Music 1 sets Gerard Manley Hopkins’s poem The Starlight Night.

Songs of Love and Fortune is a song cycle on texts from the Carmina Burana, the twelfth- and thirteenth-century collection that ranges from the sacred and profound to the comic and bawdy.

The title track, Exposé, is performed by the leading Australian pianist Michael Kieran Harvey.

This recording was supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria – Department of Premier and Cabinet.

Reviews

the works do provide virtuoso showcases for their soloists, especially in the Raga Music 1 – The Starlight Night.

— State of the Arts

Chamber music composed between 1971 and 1995. Such a time frame inevitably highlights changes in compositional direction and it is a journey worth following. A who's who of contemporary music performers (including pianist Michael Kieran Harvey) disseminates with care all the fascinating musical ingredients. The end result is that Exposé is a quality disc in all departments.

— The Age

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Peter Tahourdin

composer

Peter Tahourdin (1928–2009) was an English-born Australian composer whose work ranged from five symphonies and chamber music to opera, ballet, choral and educational scores. A pioneer of electronic music in Australia, he established the country’s first practical university course in the field.

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$25.00 AUD
Total playing time
70 minutes 13 seconds
Release date
Categories
Australian, Classical
Genres
Contemporary Classical, Modernist Classical
Musical work copyright
© 1998 Move Records
Sound recording copyright
℗ 1998 Move Records
Catalogue
MD 3205
EAN
9314574320527

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