Happy Australia Day! Yesterday (Sunday 26th January) was Australia Day here in the Lucky Country and today (Monday 27th January) is the public holiday to celebrate. Yay!
So in order to mark the day I thought I’d do a bit of a feature on some of Australia’s wonderful composers who write or have written for our beloved instrument. Like the swathes of opal fields in the middle of this wide brown land we have some real gems of compositional talent in this country. And today I’d like to share a few of my favourites with you…….
Composer: Sean Rigney
Piece: Lapis Lazuli – Toccata
Player: Slava Grigoryan
Composer: Phillip Houghton
Piece: God of the Northern Forest
Player: Rupert Boyd
Composer: Phillip Houghton
Piece: The Mantis and The Moon
Players: Australian Guitar Duo (Rupert Boyd and Jacob Cordover)
Composer: Nigel Westlake
Piece: Songs from the Forest
Players: Astrum Guitar Duo (Martin Bickerton and Amy Perry)
Composer: Peter Sculthorpe
Piece: From Kakadu
Player: Harold Gretton
Composer: Paul Svoboda
Piece: Celtic Clash
Players: Classical Guitar Society of Victoria Guitar Orchestra
Composer: Ken Murray
Piece: Landscapes of Santo Tirso
Players: Unknown
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Thanks for this post. It was my pleasure to have a short lesson with Rupert Boyd and Jacob Cordover when they were making a tour as the Australia Guitar Duo through Nebraska a few years ago.
Bryce M. Anderson l DTN/The Progressive Farmer l Senior Ag Meteorologist
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I’m glad you enjoyed it Bryce 🙂
Nicole
Thanks for sharing your national composing treasures. I enjoyed each one you picked. I find the Landscapes of Santo Tirso to very similar to Leo Brouwer’s Cuban Lanscape.