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Work Details
Year: 1987
Instrumentation: 16 voices (SATB), percussion (2 players).
Duration: 11 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Professional/1st class amateur choir.
Dedication note: Dedicated to Nicholas Routley
Commission note: Commissioned by Nicholas Routley for performance by Sydney Chamber Choir with funds provided by Australia Council. Music Board.
First performance: by Nicholas Routley, Peter Neville, Alistair Wallis, Sydney Chamber Choir — 27 Jun 87. Great Hall of Sydney University
Text consists of the scientific names (in Latin and ancient Greek) of a selection of central eastern Australian wild flowers.
Analysis
Program note: Flower Songs Ross Edwards
Elliott Gyger
Source: The Song Company Music and the Environment 22 & 23 April 1993
Book: Book of analyses : Australian Music Workshop, MLC School, Sunday 7 March, 1999.
Performances of this work
25 Jun 2022: at Innocence & Experience (The Neilson, ACO). Featuring Joshua Hill, Jess Ciampa, Sam Allchurch, Sydney Chamber Choir.
21 Jan 2021: at Sydney Chamber Choir: Cycles (York Theatre, Seymour Centre). Featuring Sam Allchurch, Sydney Chamber Choir.
4 Aug 2018: at Dance | Chant : Celebrating Ross Edwards (City Recital Hall). Featuring Synergy Percussion, Sydney Chamber Choir.
28 Apr 2013: at Remember Me: Sydney Philharmonia Choirs (City Recital Hall). Featuring Brett Weymark, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.
27 Apr 2013: at Remember Me: Sydney Philharmonia Choirs (Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre). Featuring Brett Weymark, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.
26 Apr 2013: at Remember Me: Sydney Philharmonia Choirs (The Concourse, Chatswood). Featuring Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Brett Weymark.
27 Jun 87: Great Hall of Sydney University. Featuring Peter Neville, Sydney Chamber Choir, Alistair Wallis, Nicholas Routley.
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