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Imaginations

CD

Imaginations / Matt Withers & Acacia Quartet.

  • Published by Self-published — 2018 — 2 CDs (105 min.)
  • Sales Availability: Buy Imaginations on the iTunes Store
  • Library Availability: CD 3021 — Reference (not for loan) copy only

Featured Australian works

  Work Composer PerformersDuration
Shorelines (2018) for guitar & string quartet
Recorded/performed at: Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney, on Sep 18.
Richard Charlton Matthew Withers, Acacia Quartet 15 mins, 44 sec.
Forest (2016) for solo guitar
Recorded/performed at: Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney, on Sep 18.
Robert Davidson Matthew Withers 6 mins, 22 sec.
Landscape (2000) for guitar and string quartet
Recorded/performed at: Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney, on Sep 18.
Robert Davidson Matthew Withers, Acacia Quartet 10 mins, 39 sec.
Kudikynah cave (1987) for string quartet
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on 2013.
Moya Henderson Acacia Quartet 6 mins, 19 sec.
In amber for for guitar with string quartet
Recorded/performed at: Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney, on Sep 18.
Phillip Houghton Matthew Withers, Acacia Quartet 16 mins, 7 sec.
String quartet No 5 for string quartet
Recorded/performed at: Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney, on Sep 18.
Gordon Kerry Acacia Quartet 20 mins, 12 sec.
Harbour light (2016) string quartet version
Recorded/performed at: Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney, on Sep 18.
Nick Wales Acacia Quartet 4 mins, 6 sec.

Also includes: Water Music / Wade Gregory -- Solitude / Nava Ryan -- Storming / Rick Alexander.

Product details

Imaginations: Matt Withers & Acacia Quartet will bring you a collection of the most exciting Australian works for the fusion of classical guitar and string quartet on a double album.

Featuring the winning works of the 2018 Matt Withers Australian Music Composition Competition (Wade Gregory, Rick Alexander & Nava Ryan) plus works Richard Charlton, Robert Davidson and the late Phillip Houghton: three of Australia's most respected composers whose music will surely inspire, move and entertain.

The Imaginations double album will also include premiere recordings of Robert Davidson's solo guitar work Forest, Gordon Kerry's String Quartet No. 5, Moya Henderson's Kudikynah Cave and a recording of Nick Wales' Harbour Light.

The album combines the visual stimulus of art with the soundscape of the very best of new Australian music.

Be transported by the colours and textures of the aural and optical delight featured on the two albums as the music conjures imagery depicting landscapes and seascapes, from trees to oceans.

Duration: 105 min.

Liner booklet includes programme notes and biographical information about the composers and performers.


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