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Birch Tree

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The Birch Tree : music based on folksongs / Diana Weston, Thoroughbass.

  • Published by Wirripang — 2015 [Wirr 068] — 1 CD
  • Sales Availability: This item may be available to purchase from the Australian Music Centre.
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  • Library Availability: CD 2942 — Available for loan

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This item may be available to purchase from the Australian Music Centre.
Please contact our Sales Department to confirm pricing and availability.

Featured Australian works

  Work Composer PerformersDuration
Suite for Diana (2014) harpsichord solo
Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Alexandria, Sydney, on 29 Mar 15.		 Ann Carr-Boyd Thoroughbass 11 mins, 40 sec.
Pets 4 us (2010) for voice with piano
Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Alexandria, Sydney, on 29 Mar 15.		 May Howlett Thoroughbass 12 mins, 47 sec.
The birch tree (2014) — duos including harpsichord
Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Alexandria, Sydney, on 29 Mar 15.		 Elena Kats-Chernin Thoroughbass
Variations on Scarborough Fair (1982) for flute/tenor recorder, cello/viola da gamba and keyboard
Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Alexandria, Sydney, on 29 Mar 15.		 Mary Mageau Thoroughbass 6 mins, 58 sec.

Also includes: For Children - Hungarian / Bartok -- For Children - Slovakian / Bartok.

Product details

The theme of this recording is music inspired by folkmusic. Diana Weston (harpsichord) and the ensemble Thoroughbass have recorded this wonderful collection of tunes by composers such as, Mary Mageau, Béla Bartók, May Howlett, Ann Carr-Boyd and Elena Kats-Chernin.
Folk melody and rhythm can be found permeating works from all centuries and genres up to the present. For the French of the 17th and 18th centuries, it formed the backbone of a national style, albeit one with a sophisticated overlay (the dance suite). For some composers, like Bartók, folkmusic became the stuff of their compositional voice. For others like Ann Carr-Boyd, adaptation of folksong was a way of approaching a wide variety of audiences of different ethnic backgrounds. Her new composition, Suite for Diana, follows this trend, as does Elena Kats-Chernin's The Birch Tree, both composed for Thoroughbass in 2014 and recorded here for the first time. Thematically overlapping Bartók's miniature pieces 'For Children' (arguably 'about' children as much as 'for' children) are four songs for children by May Howlett. Both composers recognize the complexity of childhood in music that is expressive and authentic, innocent and above all, fun.

Liner notes include program notes.

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