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Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers | ABC Classics ABC4817995

Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers

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Label: ABC Classics

Cat No: ABC4817995

Barcode: 0028948179954

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 24th May 2019

Contents

Artists

Caroline Almonte (piano)
Leonard Dommett (violin)
Claire Edwardes (marimba)
Miriam Hyde (piano)
Karin Schaupp (guitar)
Sally Walker (flute)
Sally Whitwell (piano)
ACO Collective
Benaud Trio
Eggner Trio
Ensemble Offspring
Sydney Alpha Ensemble
The Contemporary Singers
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Richard Mills
Geoffrey Simon
David Stanhope
Patrick Thomas
Antony Walker

Works

Boyd, Anne

As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

Davies, Olivia Bettina

Crystalline

Gifford, Brenda

Bardju (Footprints) (arr. Jessica Wells)

Glanville-Hicks, Peggy

Etruscan Concerto

Grenfell, Maria

Di Primavera (Of Spring)

Holland, Dulcie

Piano Trio

Hyde, Miriam

Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat minor

Kats-Chernin, Elena

Russian Rag

Moore, Kate

Fern

Murphy, Nicole

Spinning Top

Sutherland, Margaret

Violin Concerto

Whitwell, Sally

Road Trip

Artists

Caroline Almonte (piano)
Leonard Dommett (violin)
Claire Edwardes (marimba)
Miriam Hyde (piano)
Karin Schaupp (guitar)
Sally Walker (flute)
Sally Whitwell (piano)
ACO Collective
Benaud Trio
Eggner Trio
Ensemble Offspring
Sydney Alpha Ensemble
The Contemporary Singers
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Richard Mills
Geoffrey Simon
David Stanhope
Patrick Thomas
Antony Walker

About

 In celebration of International Women’s Day, ABC Classics released Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers - the first in a new series celebrating Australian female composers.

This 2-CD mid-price compilation is a fascinating journey through the history of Australian composition, highlighting just how much of that history has been written by women.

Australia has always punched above their weight musically, female musicians especially - Nellie Melba, Joan Sutherland and Eileen Joyce in particular loom large among the finest musicians of the twentieth century. But beyond these celebrated performers, the history of Australia’s female composers is equally outstanding.

Miriam Hyde, Dulcie Holland and Margaret Sutherland were hugely influential in the early years of Australia’s musical development. Peggy Glanville-Hicks and Anne Boyd looked beyond their borders to the musical traditions of other cultures, and sought to find a place for Australia among the community of musical nations.

Elena Kats-Chernin is a phenomenon unto herself, arguably Australia’s most popular and best known composer. Yuin woman Brenda Gifford brings insights from her indigenous culture to the Western classical tradition. And composers such as Sally Whitwell, Maria Grenfell, Kate Moore, Nicole Murphy and Olivia Bettina Davies represent the myriad ways in which classical music is developing in the 21st century.

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