with Erik Bosgraaf & Izhar Elias at the Darwin premiere of "Echoes of the Dunbar".
MY LATEST NEWS!
The work commissioned by the Australian Mandolin Music Association, "The Adventures of the Duyfken" had its Australian premiere in Sydney on 22 June. The Sydney Mandolin Orchestra conducted by Chris Keane, presented the four movt. suite at a concert for the Mosman Music Club at the Blessed Sacrament Church, Bradley's Head Rd. Mosman.
The world premiere was last November in the Stedelijk Museum of Schiedam, Holland. This music is now available through my "Order" page, see also - www.mandolinmusic.com.au
"Unexpected Tales" has just been recorded by ABC at the Eugene Goossens Hall Ultimo, as part of a program to be broadcast in the series "Rising Stars" featuring the Canberra group Dominant7.
This 5 movement work features 'alternate' fairy tales such as, "Rapunzel visits the hairdresser" . . complete with the sounds of scissors! Broadcast date yet to be set.
A new orchestral work, "Symphony in the Form of a Rhapsody" has just been premiered by the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra as part of their 60th Anniversary Concerts.
Under conductor Steven Hillinger the orchestra produced 2 memorable performances on November 2nd & 3rd. The second concert, to a packed house at the Northside Baptist Church in Crows Nest. This single movement (12 min) work may be the start of a full-blown symphony at a later date?
The Sydney premiere of "ECHOES OF THE DUNBAR" for Recorder & Guitar on Sunday 1pm 29th July at the Independent Theatre, North Sydney. This multi-media work has just been released on the cutting-edge CD/DVD "Big Eye" by Erik Bosgraaf & Izhar Elias.
This presents the fruits of a collaboration between the duo and several film makers and composers. My work is a 'resonance' of Sydney's worst maritime disaster, the wreck of the Dunbar in 1857. Filmed in and around Diamond Bay & the Macquarie Lighthouse where the shipwreck actually happened, the music uses an old English tune to evoke memories & ghosts of the past. For more info or to buy:- www.phenomrecords.nl
The Sydney Guitar Trio & Rory O'Donoghue presented, "Once Upon a Time" - music & poetry as part of the 7th Darwin International Guitar Festival.
As the sun set on the ruins of the old town hall we presented "Alice in Wonderland", my own works, the "Divine Guitar" & "Geebung" plus a new work by Darwin author Cathy Applegate.
A new CD from the Duo Lenz - "FROM THE SUMMER SOLSTICE" featuring "Nightsongs", my four collected duos.
to mark the 400th anniversary of the first recorded contact by Dutch explorers, this disc also features music by Richard Lenz, Paul Svoboda & Peter Sculthorpe. Available through www.duolenz.com
The duo Agostino's new CD, "UNDER THE SAME SKY" features "Romanza", "Spiral Ellipse", "Incantation" and several of Richard's folksong arrangements. The disc also features the first recording of "Wave Radiance" - a masterful sonic event by my friend Phil Houghton.
This CD is available through my Orders Page or go to www.agostinomusic.com.au
MY LATEST PUBLICATIONS OF GUITAR MUSIC . . .
"Gipsies & Vagabonds" - for guitar ensemble. (Contains "Inspiration" & "Moorea") - intermediate level.
"Soliloquies & Sonatas" - Four concert solos. (Contains "Surface Tension" also 'The Machine Stops', 'Sonata Europa' & 'Soliloquy'- sonata2) - advanced level.
Want to order some music? go to the ORDERS page or just email me: richardcharlton@bigpond.com