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The World is a Beautiful Place

The Australian Rosny Children’s Choir presents A Dozen of Dennis, Peter Davies’s settings of twelve poems from C. J. Dennis’s A Book for Kids, with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

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  • CatalogueMD 3040
  • Released1982
  • Playing time36 minutes 57 seconds

Listen & tracks

7 works · 36:57

  1. A Dozen of DennisPeter Davies 12 movements19:58
    1. 1 Prologue 1:02
    2. 2 The Circus 1:00
    3. 3 The Ant Explorer 2:20
    4. 4 Polly Dibbs 1:37
    5. 5 Hist 1:48
    6. 6 The Famine/The Feast 1:42
    7. 7 The Trianti Wonti Gon Golope 2:10
    8. 8 The Spotted Heifers 3:15
    9. 9 A Change of Air :33
    10. 10 The Axemen 2:36
    11. 11 Growing Up :31
    12. 12 The Band 1:24
  2. 13 The Lord's Prayer Don Gurr 2:22
  3. 14 The Lord of the Dance Sydney Carter 2:51
  4. 15 Day Trip to Bangor Debbie Cook 3:10
  5. 16 The Entertainer Scot Joplin 3:51
  6. 17 Discover Australia (You ain't seen nothing yet) Tony Rees 1:52
  7. 18 The World is a Beautiful Place John Crane 2:53

Peter Davies set twelve poems from C. J. Dennis’s A Book for Kids for choir and orchestra. First heard with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, the cycle later featured with the Sydney Symphony under Patrick Thomas at the Sydney Opera House.

The programme also takes in Don Gurr’s bossa nova The Lord’s Prayer, with Errol Buddle’s flute obbligato; Sydney Carter’s The Lord of the Dance in a Peter Davies arrangement with the TSO under Richard Mills; popular items including Day Trip to Bangor and a Swingle-styled The Entertainer; and the choir’s 1979 theme song The World is a Beautiful Place.

Artists

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Australian Rosny Children's Choir

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.

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Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

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.

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Sydney Carter

composer

Sydney Carter (1915–2004) was an English poet, folk singer and songwriter. He is often called a hymn-writer for Lord of the Dance, though his songs range across faith, protest, doubt and ordinary life.

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Debbie Cook

composer

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John Crane

composer

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Peter Davies

composer

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.

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Alan Dean

composer

Alan Dean is a composer and arranger.

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C. J. Dennis

composer

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Don Gurr

composer

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Tony Vincent Isaacs

composer

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Scot Joplin

composer

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Tony Rees

composer

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David Rumps

composer

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Ward Swingle

composer

Ward Swingle's arrangements give Bach's fugues and inventions a jazz vocal lift: close-harmony scat that keeps the counterpoint clear while the rhythm swings. Choirs still reach for those scores when they want that sound.

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Performers

Technical credits

  • Producer Ian Hardy
    Peter Davies (tracks 1–12)
  • Recording Engineer Vic Holloway (tracks 1–12 and 14)

Details

List price
$20.00 AUD
Total playing time
36 minutes 57 seconds
Release date
Category
Vocal
Genres
Children's, Choral & Sacred
Musical work copyright
© 1982 Move Records
Sound recording copyright
℗ 1982 Move Records
Catalogue
MD 3040
EAN
9314574304022

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