From the wet season of the northern territory in kakadu to the brutality of the. Peter sculthorpe had an enjoyable and fruitful relationship with the australian broadcasting corporation and abc classics. Peter sculthorpe created an australian classical music that for the first time. Has sculthorpe misappropriated indigenous melodies musicology. The first and third sections are based upon the main theme of my orchestral piece kakadu 1988 melody. The contribution of john williams, always firstrate, is the common denominator in the four works here. Peter sculthorpe songs of sea and sky abc classics. Peter sculthorpe speaker, joseph ortuso oboe, bruce lamont trumpet, anthony fogg piano, mark skillington trumpet, barbara jane gilby violin, myer fredman, stuart challender, antony walker, richard tognetti, david stanhope, david porcelijn. The work is an intimate one, being concerned with the deep contentment that i feel whenever i return to australias outback. This mp3 file is from the album midsummers night jonathan paget, guitar. Sculthorpe used his knowledge of the world heritage listed kakadu national park from studying photographs and listening to recordings of northern australian aboriginal music. Provided to youtube by universal music group sculthorpe.
The list of works from 1942 to 1992 was originally compiled in close consultation with the composer by deborah hayes, in peter sculthorpe. I have a special fondness for this melody, having used it in the string work port essington 1977, and more recently in the orchestral work kakadu 1988, the solo cello piece threnody 1991 and the piano trio dream tracks 1992. Leonard dommett violin, anthony fogg piano, donald hazelwood violin, guy. Hayes presented the works in basically chronological order, and alloted each a w work number w1 through w224. Score for peter sculthorpes three pieces for piano. Peter sculthorpe at the australian music centre peter sculthorpe website composers original program note. Since the beethoven variations of the same name, it is wellknown that kakadu is the german word for cockatoo. Peter joshua sculthorpe ao obe 29 april 1929 8 august 2014 was an australian composer.
Park and the recycling of a small number of indigenous melodies dubbed the kakadu songlines. Orchestra sheet music book by peter sculthorpe 1929. Peter sculthorpe had a life long relationship with his publisher faber music in london, and after benjamin britten, was the second composer ever signed to faber music back in 1965. This enormous wilderness area stretches from coastal tidal plains. It is one of the broad landscape compositions for which the composer is best known.
From kakadu, guitar, w231 1993 partly based on main theme from kakadu, w192. This recording is available as an mp3 file which you are able to download immediately after purchase. Peter sculthorpe one of the defining figures in twentiethcentury australian music, peter sculthorpe was an artist with the rare ability to capture and conjure, often through the simplest of compositional means, the essence of a place. This enormous wilderness area stretches from coastal. Peter sculthorpe s nourlangie is scored for solo guitar with strings and percussion, and the remaining two sculthorpe pieces, written for williams, are for guitar alone. All albums by peter sculthorpe available to download and stream in high quality. This page lists all recordings of kakadu by peter sculthorpe 19292014. Music world mourns loss of a great composer, matthew westwood 11082014. William barton didjeridu, the queensland orchestra, michael christie.
In deciding upon mangrove as the title of this work i. These quartets by peter sculthorpe 70 last year are variously rooted in the landscape and aboriginal music of his native australia, and in the musical traditions of seasia. The queensland symphony orchestra surprises a curious and enthusiastic crowd with a guerrillastyle performance of ravels bolero in brisbanes. From kakadu and into the dreaming by peter sculthorpe.
Kakadu 1988 is a composition for orchestra by peter sculthorpe. The first and third sections are based upon the main. Peter sculthorpe 1929 peter sculthorpe produces earthy, gripping soundscapes with original timbres that incorporate elements of australian, japanese, and southeast asian musics and express poetic imagery from primal nature and profound human interaction. Kakadu peter sculthorpe created an australian classical music that for the first time spoke directly of. Peter sculthorpe, james judd, new zealand symphony. Peter sculthorpe three pieces for piano faber music. Building bolero the queensland symphony orchestra moves. Muchloved composer lifted the human spirit, philip jones.
Abstract peter sculthorpe and his music are as emblematic of australia. Peter sculthorpe 1929 2014 kakadu, for orchestra 1988 new zealand symphony orchestra james judd, conductor. Shop and buy from kakadu and into the dreaming sheet music. Assured traveller whose music echoed our land, vincent plush 11082014. Peter sculthorpe third sonata for strings jabiru dreaming 1994 i deciso ii liberamente estatico programme note following a visit to kakadu national park in 1989, the indigenous music of northern australia, together with those of torres strait and indonesia, began to fuse in my mind. Peter sculthorpe at pytheas contemporary, modern, new. Kakadu sydney symphony orchestra stuart challender the best of peter sculthorpe. Certainly there are cockatoos in my music, as well as many other kinds of birds.
The work takes its name from the kakadu national park in northern australia. Commissioned by the shell darwin international guitar festival, with assistance from the performing arts board of australia council, from kakadu is dedicated to john williams. I need to imagine the world without modern artifices, a world more simple, a time before. Technology has invaded the innermost crevices of our being. Kakadu kakadu was commissioned by emanuel papper as a present for his wife upon her birthday. Peter sculthorpe april 29, 1929 august 8th, 2014 is a noted australian composer from launceston, tasmania. Earth cry 1974 remains on of his bestknown works, although to some ears it may come across as somewhat pastichelike. Memento mori 1993 is a composition for orchestra by peter sculthorpe. Peter sculthorpe s kakadu by peter sculthorpe source. This feeling is everpresent in the dancelike second section, and in the singing line, and its counterpoint, of the final cantando section. Kakadu by peter sculthorpe 1929 score sheet music for. One of the defining figures in twentiethcentury australian music, peter sculthorpe was an artist with the rare ability to capture and conjure, often through the simplest of compositional means, the essence of. This page lists all recordings of from kakadu by peter sculthorpe 19292014.
William barton didjeridu, tamara anna cislowska piano, new zealand symphony orchestra, james judd. Much of his music resulted from an interest in the music of australias neighbours as well as from the impulse to bring together aspects of native australian music with that of the heritage of the west. He is known primarily for his orchestral and chamber music, such as kakadu 1988 and earth cry 1992, which evoke the sounds and feeling of the australian bushland and outback. Sign up to our presto classical mailing list to find out all the latest news. The composer of the irkanda and sun music series, of mangrove and kakadu, represented in some seventy current. The scm symphony orchestra conducted by eduardo diazmunoz and featuring william barton on didgeridoo perform peter sculthorpes.
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