The Sound of Rosny
The Australian Rosny Children's Choir and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra present songs from other lands, Chinese and Australian repertoire, and cantata movements by Vaughan Williams and Don Kay.
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra orchestra
Jennifer Filby choir director
Vančo Čavdarski conductor
Ralph Vaughan Williams composer
Don Kay composer
Arthur Hamilton composer
Jeffrey Marlow arranger
Arthur S. Loam arranger
Peter Davies arranger
This recording marked the choir's tenth anniversary and its 1975 cultural tour of China, and was its first with a full symphony orchestra.
Directed by Jennifer Filby and conducted by Vančo Čavdarski, the programme ranges from Jamaican, Mexican and Chinese songs through Australian bush ballads to movements from Vaughan Williams's Folk Songs of the Four Seasons and Don Kay's Songs of Come and Gone.
During my recent association with The Rosny Children's Choir I was impressed by their highly professional standard of singing and the magnificent way in which they responded to my baton. Mrs Jennifer Filby has trained them to such a high degree of technical perfection that any conductor would find them a joy to work with. These talented children are already experienced performers whose dedication goes hand in hand with unbounded enthusiasm and youthful freshness. I congratulate them on their artistic achievements in the past and wish them every success in the future. They deserve to be rated among Australia's finest ambassadors.
Artists
Australian Rosny Children's Choir
The Australian Rosny Children's Choir started in 1967 by music teacher Jennifer Filby, has toured extensively within Australia, performing in all the major concert venues, and appearing with the Sydney, Melbourne, South Australian and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras.
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra has an enviable reputation as one of the world's great small orchestras. With a full-time strength of 47 players, which can be augmented when the programme demands, it is known for classical polish and a lively commitment to new work.
Jennifer Filby
Jennifer Filby (1938–1997) was a Tasmanian choral director and piano teacher who founded the Australian Rosny Children’s Choir in 1967 and led it for three decades.
Vančo Čavdarski
Vančo Čavdarski (1930–2001) was a Yugoslav-born conductor whose international career included long appointments with major Australian symphony orchestras. His repertoire spanned opera, ballet and the concert platform.
Tracks
- Jamaica, Farewell (Traditional) Arr: Peter Davies 1:47
- Chiapanecus (Traditional) Arr: Jeffrey Marlow Peter Davies 2:08
- Summer Sunshine Arr: Peter Davies 2:13
- Sing a Rainbow Arthur Hamilton Arr: Peter Davies 2:24
- Wo Ai Pei Ching Tien an Men (Traditional) Arr: Peter Davies 1:40
- Hsiao Sung Shu (Traditional) Arr: Peter Davies 1:21
- Wo Sih Kung She Hsiao She Yuan (Traditional) Arr: Peter Davies 1:44
- Click Go the Shears (Traditional) Arr: Arthur S. Loam Peter Davies 1:35
- The Stock-Rider's Song William Garnet James Arr: Peter Davies 3:10
- Song of Youth William Garnet James Arr: Peter Davies 2:09
- Summer is a-coming in and The Cuckoo 3:45
- John Barleycorn 2:55
- Acre of Land 2:11
- God Bless the Master 3:54
- Tartary 2:27
- Fiddler of Dooney 1:34
- Very Old Are the Woods 2:52
- Autolycus's Song :45
- Here Are the Skies :39
Folk Songs of the Four Seasons Ralph Vaughan Williams Arr: Peter Davies
Songs of Come and Gone Don Kay Arr: Peter Davies
Performers
- Australian Rosny Children's Choir
- Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Jennifer Filby · choir director
- Vančo Čavdarski
Composers
William Garnet James
William Garnet James (1892–1977) was an Australian pianist and composer who became a pioneer of music broadcasting as the ABC’s first Director of Music.
Don Kay
Don Kay (born 1933) is a Tasmanian classical composer whose work ranges from symphony, opera and concerto to chamber, choral, vocal and piano music, often shaped by the island’s landscape, ecology and history.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) was an English composer of nine symphonies, operas, ballets, and a large body of choral and vocal music. Drawing on Tudor polyphony and English folk-song, he helped free British music from its nineteenth-century German models.
Peter Davies
Peter Davies is a composer, arranger and producer. His settings of Australian children’s verse, and his arrangements for choir and orchestra, appear on Move recordings with the Australian Rosny Children’s Choir.
Where to listen
The Sound of Rosny is available for streaming through Spotify and Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.
The Sound of Rosny 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 3015
- List price
- $20.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 41 minutes 13 seconds
- Producer
- Ian Hardy
Robert Smith - Recording Engineer
- Max Absalom
- Venue
- ABC Studios, Hobart
- Release date
- 1977
- Musical work
copyright - © 1977 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Sound recording
copyright - ℗ 1977 Move Records
- Categories
- Choral, Orchestral
- Genres
- Choral & Sacred, Folk, Orchestral & Concerto
- Barcode
- EAN 9314574301526
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