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Performance by Australian Chamber Orchestra, Stuart Challender from the CD phoenix and the turtle |
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CD
Phoenix and the turtle : music of Australian composers.
Library shelf no. CD 158 [Available for loan]
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Work Details
Year: 1974
Instrumentation: String orchestra, harpsichord.
Duration: 11 min.
Difficulty: Medium
Commission note: Commissioned by Musica Viva Australia.. Commissioned by Musica Viva (Australia) for the 1974 tour of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields under Neville Mariner
First performance: 1974. Canberra Theatre.
Inspiration for the work came from the Shakespearean poem of the same name.
Analysis
Program note: Colin Brumby's "Phoenix and the turtle"
by Colin Brumby
Source: the score of this work
Program note: Colin Brumby's "Phoenix and the turtle"
program note by the composer
Subjects
- Inspired by: Literature & Poetry
Performances of this work
14 Jul 11.
14 Jul 2011: at ACO Baroque Virtuosi tour (Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC)). Featuring Australian Chamber Orchestra, Helena Rathbone.
13 Jul 11.
12 Jul 2011: at ACO Baroque Virtuosi tour (City Recital Hall). Featuring Australian Chamber Orchestra, Helena Rathbone.
12 Jul 11.
11 Jul 11.
11 Jul 2011: at ACO Baroque Virtuosi tour (QPAC Concert Hall). Featuring Australian Chamber Orchestra, Helena Rathbone.
10 Jul 2011: at ACO Baroque Virtuosi tour (Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall). Featuring Australian Chamber Orchestra, Helena Rathbone.
10 Jul 11.
9 Jul 2011: at ACO Baroque Virtuosi tour (City Recital Hall). Featuring Australian Chamber Orchestra, Helena Rathbone.
9 Jul 11.
9 Jul 11.
5 Jul 2011: at ACO Baroque Virtuosi tour (Adelaide Town Hall). Featuring Helena Rathbone, Australian Chamber Orchestra.
5 Jul 11: Adelaide Town Hall, SA
4 Jul 11.
3 Jul 11.
3 Jul 2011: at ACO Baroque Virtuosi tour (Melbourne Town Hall). Featuring Helena Rathbone, Australian Chamber Orchestra.
1974: Canberra Theatre.
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