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Race Against Time

CD

A Race Against Time / Frederick Septimus Kelly.

Featured Australian works

  Work Composer PerformersDuration
Elegy for string orchestra (1915) in memoriam Rupert Brooke
Recorded/performed at: Federation Concert Hall, Hobart, on 10 Sep 14.
Frederick Septimus Kelly Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch 9 mins, 10 sec.
Shall I compare thee (1901) for mezzo-soprano voice with piano
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on 2016.
Frederick Septimus Kelly Christina Wilson, Alan Hicks 3 mins, 30 sec.
Sonata for violin and piano in G major for violin with piano
Recorded/performed at: Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Melbourne, on 14 Dec 14.
Frederick Septimus Kelly Chris Latham, Caroline Almonte 28 mins, 49 sec.
Sonata in F minor — solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on 2016.
Frederick Septimus Kelly Tamara Anna Cislowska 25 mins, 56 sec.
Twenty-four monographs for pianoforte (1916) — solo piano — Monograph 18
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on 2016.
Frederick Septimus Kelly Tamara Anna Cislowska 2 mins, 21 sec.
Twenty-four monographs for pianoforte (1916) — solo piano — Monograph 21
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on 2016.
Frederick Septimus Kelly Tamara Anna Cislowska 1 mins, 4 sec.
Twenty-four monographs for pianoforte (1916) — solo piano — Monograph 22
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on 2016.
Frederick Septimus Kelly Tamara Anna Cislowska 5 mins, 33 sec.
Twenty-four monographs for pianoforte (1916) — solo piano — Monograph 24
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on 2016.
Frederick Septimus Kelly Tamara Anna Cislowska 1 mins, 42 sec.
Twenty-four monographs for pianoforte (1916) — solo piano — Monograph 5
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on 2016.
Frederick Septimus Kelly Tamara Anna Cislowska 1 mins, 44 sec.
Twenty-four monographs for pianoforte (1916) — solo piano — Monograph 6
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on 2016.
Frederick Septimus Kelly Tamara Anna Cislowska 1 mins, 46 sec.

Also includes: CD 1 (It Is Not Dawn Till You Awake): It Is Not Dawn Till You Awake -- A Dirge -- Break, Break, Break -- Crossing the Bar -- Aghadoe -- March -- The Daffodils (No.6 from 'Six Songs') -- When the Lamp Is Shattered (No.3 from 'Six Songs) -- Music, When Soft Voices Die -- A Cycle of Lyrics (selections) -- One Word Is Too Often Profaned -- The Cherry Tree (No.5 from 'Six Songs) -- Weep No More Sad Fountains -- Mirrors -- It Is Not Dawn Till You Awake -- CD 2 (1915–16 Gallipoli and France: A Race Against Time): Green Grow the Rushes Oh (Trad. arr. Kelly) -- The Somme Lament -- Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly? (music & lyrics by C.W. Murphy & Will Letters).

Product details

Frederick Septimus Kelly was one of the great cultural losses of World War One. An Australian who spent much of his life in England, his legacy has been neglected until now - the centenary of his death, killed in action at the Battle of the Somme at the age of 35.

Kelly's music - crafted entirely in his head, and only committed to paper once perfected - displays touching lyricism and profound invention. When he died, his compositional output matched that of Ralph Vaughan Williams at the same age for its sheer quality and range.

Kelly, or 'Sep' to his friends, was also a renowned pianist whose virtuosity was met with acclaim in both Europe and Australia. He was a close friend of the poet Rupert Brooke, present at his death and burial in Gallipoli. In his lifetime, he was best known to the general public for his prowess as an oarsman, winning an Olympic gold medal.

A Race Against Time is the result of a decade-long project to research and uncover Kelly's genius. It provides for the first time a major survey of his astonishing music, from his early songs to the scores he sketched as he served in the war that would cut short his astonishing talent.


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