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Dreaming under Different Skies: an Anglo-Australian Celebration
Dreaming under Different Skies:
an Anglo-Australian Celebration
The 2010 season of the
Alvarez Chamber Orchestrawill focus on works by two
Australian composers, Malcolm Williamson and Ross Edwards
complimented by pieces by two British composers, Geoffrey
Alvarez and Roxanne Panufnik to be heard over two
consecutive evenings.
The
works by Malcolm Williamson will be the Seventh Symphony and the Concerto
for Two Pianos and Strings.
Ross
Edwards will be represented by Bird Spirit Dreaming - Concerto for Oboe and
Orchestraand theConcerto for Guitar and String Orchestra.
The
Concertino
for piano and chamber orchestra by Geoffrey Alvarez will be played alongside
the premier of a new work for baritone, harp and string orchestra.
The music
of Roxanne Panufnik will be Powers & Dominions, a concertino for harp and orchestra
and Private Joe
for
baritone and string orchestra.
Soloists will include Simon
Campion who recorded Malcolm Williamson's Concerto for Two Pianos and Strings
with the composer in the following CD:
It is hoped the
concert series will be associated with
Malcolm Williamson: a Symposium
This is a conference Simon Campion and Dr Geoffrey Álvarez are planning for
2009.
Dr
Álvarez will deliver his paper Malcolm's Dancing Numbers
which
investigates the metaphysical implications, symbolism and compositional
techniques in theConcerto for Two Pianos and Strings. A draft of
the paper may be downloaded
here- it is recommended that the file is saved before opening. It is shortly to be published by Campion Press:
Sandon
Buntingford
Hertfordshire
SG9 0QW
Simon Campion
will deliver a paper focusing on a very illuminating telephone conversation Dr
Malcolm Williamson had on 12 May, 1990, with
Belinda
Kendall-Smith.
Other papers
are invited from contributors who wish to explore the breadth and vision
of the voice of a composer whose highly individual language refuses to fit
comfortably within any single stylistic convention. Papers should deal with one
of the following genres: songs, choral works (sacred and/or secular), operas,
ballets, symphonies, and his own very personal creation: the cassations.
Papers may be
submitted via e-mail for consideration to
Dr Geoffrey Álvarez
in word document format with music files embedded using Sibelius software
or similar and from whom further details may be obtained.
Following the
symposium, selected papers may be published.
Ross
Edwards will be represented by Bird Spirit Dreaming - Concerto for Oboe and
Orchestra and the Concerto for Guitar and String Orchestra.
The
Concertino
for piano and chamber orchestra by Geoffrey Alvarez will be played alongside
the premier of a new work for baritone, harp and string orchestra. 
The music
of Roxanne Panufnik will be
Powers & Dominions, a
concertino for
harp and
orchestra
and
Private Joe
for
baritone and string orchestra.
