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Prospects by Don Banks
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Wilhelm van Otterloo, Conductor
Radio Broadcast, Date Unknown

From the collection of Karl Miller

Dissonance Alert

http://www.mediafire.com/?a2t8hzm95hh79c9 (http://www.mediafire.com/?a2t8hzm95hh79c9)

Ross Edwards: The Heart of Night
Repost from UC
Riley Lee, Shakahuchi
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Paul Daniel, Conductor
26 Jan 2007,  (Radio Broadcast-)

1- Radio Intro
2.  The Heart of the Night
3.  Interview with Composer


From the collection of Karl Miller

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?1hcli9abi0ia2n3 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?1hcli9abi0ia2n3)

Roy Agnew (1891 to 1944) - Sonata Ballade (for pianoforte, written in 1939):

    http://www.mediafire.com/?zsrc6vf3aceq7zp (http://www.mediafire.com/?zsrc6vf3aceq7zp)

From a wireless broadcast. Duration nine minutes.

The sonata is described in Grove's Dictionary as "intense and dramatic."

Gerald Brophy: “Exu” Violin Concerto (1982)
For amplified violin and orchestra
(http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/image/3823732-1x1-340x340.bmp)

Commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Commission
Premiered December 1983
Andre Hedges, Violin
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Patrick Thomas, Conductor
Radio Broadcast

From the collection of Karl Miller


http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?f9uc182w3uj898u
 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?f9uc182w3uj898u)

DISSONANCE ALERT:

I have a special sentimental attachment to this work, since it drew me a reprimand at UC. Not only was it dissonant, but used electronic amplification.  Truly the Devil's music.  All kidding aside, I think this work is pretty good, if you can handle some edginess.

He is still active, and does a lot of work integrating electronics and third world elements with orchestral compositions.

 

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A bio from his own website:

http://gerardbrophy.com.au/
 (http://gerardbrophy.com.au/)
Bio from his site:

After an increasingly musical adolescence, Gerard Brophy began his studies in the classical guitar at the age of twenty-two. In the late seventies he worked closely with Brazilian guitarist Turibio Santos and the Argentine composer Mauricio Kagel before studying composition at the NSW State Conservatorium of Music.

He has been commissioned and performed by some of the world’s leading ensembles, including the Melbourne, Queensland, Tasmanian, West Australian, Sydney and New Zealand Symphony Orchestras: the Malaysian Philharmonic; and the BBC Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestras, to name a few. Over recent years he has developed a keen interest in collaborating with artists from other disciplines and he is particularly active in the areas of ballet, dance and electronica. He has also been involved in exciting collaborations with musicians from other cultures among them the great Senegalese master drummers, the N’Diaye Rose family, and the timbila virtuoso Venancio Mbande from Mozambique.

Recent performances include the sell-out season of his ballet Yo Yai Pakebi, Man Mai Yapobi choreographed by Regina van Berkel and performed by the Residentie Orkest and the Nederlands Dans Theater; the premiere seasons of Semele and Halcyon as part of the Australian Ballet’s highly successful INTERPLAY and EDGE OF NIGHT programmes, and the Song Company's tour of Gethsemane, his contemporary passion play.

Currently he divides his time between Brisbane and Calcutta.

Another blurb I've dug up:

Gerard Brophy is a contemporary Australian composer. His music has been performed at all the major festivals including the Gaudeamus Music Week, Warsaw Autumn, Nuove Consonanza, Nuovi Spazi Musicali and the Zagreeb Biennale.

Gerard Brophy began his music studies in classical guitar. He studied composition with Don Banks, Anthony Gilbert and Richard Toop at the NSW Conservatorium of Music and graduated as Student of the Year in 1982. Brophy has been awarded numerous composition prizes here and overseas and his works have been selected for performance at the 1981, 1984, 1986 and 1991 ISCM World Music Days.

Brophy has received Australia Council Composer Fellowship, an Italian government scholarship and scholarships from the Accademia Musicale Chigiana di Siena and the Paris Conservatoire. His music has been commissioned and performed by some of the world's leading ensembles - the St Louis, Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras, Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, Nash Ensemble, Het Nieuw Ensemble, Gruppo Musica d'Oggi, Het Trio, Chicago Pro Musica, Ensemble Octandre and Ensemble l'Itineraire, and it has been regularly broadcast in Europe, Japan, United States and Australia. In late 1983, Brophy was appointed the inaugural Composer-in-Residence at Musica Viva Australia. This was followed by other residencies with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Queensland Conservatorium and the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble.


Here is a brief "audio" Bio from the Austrailian Broadcasting Corp
http://www.abc.net.au/classic/nma/img/brophy.mp3 (http://www.abc.net.au/classic/nma/img/brophy.mp3)

http://www.mediafire.com/?op3ccvc1b1qmx (http://www.mediafire.com/?op3ccvc1b1qmx)

These are the only pieces that have come from broadcast concerts:

Matthew Hindson
Speed
BBC N O Wales, Pierre-Andre Valade

Ictalaurus Punctatus
Adelaide S O, Arvo Vollmer

with William Barton:
Kalkagunga
William Barton, Didjeridu, Sydney S O, David Robertson

http://www.mediafire.com/?lsa3ndfb6ca1a (http://www.mediafire.com/?lsa3ndfb6ca1a)

Repost as requested, and threw in the Sinfonietta, Melbourne S O, John Hopkins (from LP World Record Club Stereo Foundation for the Recording of Australian Music SFRAM-1, 2YS706)


Dorian Le Gallienne (1915-1963)
Ballet "Voyageur"
The Ballet Guild Orchestra, Harold Badger, Conductor (from W&G 10" LP, WG.CL.554)

"The opening section depicts a flight of wild geese migrating north. The rhythm of the music underlines the relentless wing beats of the birds. A shot interrupts this flight and Voyageur, the leader, is wounded in the wing and falls to earth. Discovered amongst the reeds he struggles to fly and is watched intently by Priscilla, a grey and white bird.
Waterfowl invade the scene with their various calls clearly heard in the music.
Priscilla now approaches the wounded Voyageur and comforts him. He finds consolation for his loss of flight in the beautiful harmony of the love duet.
Interlude music denotes the passing of time. Priscilla is now seen schooling her two chicks who enjoy squabbling more than their mother's discipline.
In the fugue Voyageur joins his family in play and while trying to teach his young to fly finds that his wounded wing has healed. In his great joy he unthinkingly flies away leaving Priscilla along and unable to follow him.
Voyageur remembers his mate and returns to her. The little family joins in the daily life on the lake and once more the calls of the water fowl are heard in the music. A shot breaks this happy busy scene. Suddenly there are no birds to be seen, only the dead body of Priscilla remains. Into the tragic stillness Voyageur returns to find and protect his mate. He hears the music of the birds on their return journey and, realising that his love is dead soars up to take his place in the great southward migration of the wild geese."

Matthew Hindson (b.1968)

Whitewater, for 12 solo strings (2000)

  Sinfonietta Rīga
  Normunds Šnē, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/?3bwkivtw1n4stlb (http://www.mediafire.com/?3bwkivtw1n4stlb)

From a Latvian Radio broadcast of a live performance, May 7, 2012.

Reposts:

Alfred Hill:
 
Symphony No.9 "Melodious" for strings: West Australia Symphony Orchestra/Georg Tintner:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ioqqmzeqdefh16d (http://www.mediafire.com/?ioqqmzeqdefh16d)

http://www.mediafire.com/?0p1p5a21spo9qlh (http://www.mediafire.com/?0p1p5a21spo9qlh)

http://www.mediafire.com/?0uy4caeahp78yf4 (http://www.mediafire.com/?0uy4caeahp78yf4)

http://www.mediafire.com/?s1wra5cv95ecq53 (http://www.mediafire.com/?s1wra5cv95ecq53)

Symphony No.12: West Australia Symphony Orchestra/Georg Tintner:[/b]

http://www.mediafire.com/?99672wght0328ie (http://www.mediafire.com/?99672wght0328ie)

http://www.mediafire.com/?2a3damsvar7j2wx (http://www.mediafire.com/?2a3damsvar7j2wx)

http://www.mediafire.com/?4ysn8j29y0g8gi6 (http://www.mediafire.com/?4ysn8j29y0g8gi6)

http://www.mediafire.com/?ayw8sqwg8ymv80d (http://www.mediafire.com/?ayw8sqwg8ymv80d)

Symphony No.13 for strings: West Australia Symphony Orchestra/Tibor Paul:

http://www.mediafire.com/?b9ch1vdm60pm78l (http://www.mediafire.com/?b9ch1vdm60pm78l)

http://www.mediafire.com/?sv8fyw1g2wqc2hh (http://www.mediafire.com/?sv8fyw1g2wqc2hh)

http://www.mediafire.com/?844o88g8y3dk8na (http://www.mediafire.com/?844o88g8y3dk8na)

http://www.mediafire.com/?gra44ok615o2i3q (http://www.mediafire.com/?gra44ok615o2i3q)

  Broadstock, Brenton (1952- ) : Symphony No. 6 “Tyranny of Distance” (2009)

  http://www.mediafire.com/?4t796f8clz1j0so   (http://www.mediafire.com/?4t796f8clz1j0so)

  Merlyn Quaife, Soprano
  Jida Gulpilil, Didjeridu (Australian traditional  wind instrument)
  Warwick Stengards, Conductor   
  Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus

  (Live) 17.Oct.2009, Hamer Hall - Arts Centre Melbourne
   ABC Classic FM broadcast at 9.February.2013

Thanks to Member ttle for spotting this broadcast, which took place yesterday the eleventh of March:

Andrew Schultz (born 1960) - Third Symphony, opus 91 - first performance:

Here is the music itself:

    http://www.mediafire.com/?o243z55c8eef3sz (http://www.mediafire.com/?o243z55c8eef3sz)

And the announcer's introduction:

    http://www.mediafire.com/?la7g4nt83xmvexv (http://www.mediafire.com/?la7g4nt83xmvexv)

And the announcer's final discourse:

    http://www.mediafire.com/?1ll4014mthdw984 (http://www.mediafire.com/?1ll4014mthdw984)

The performers are the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and the Centenary Choir, conducted by Nicholas Milton. This recording was made at the Conservatoire on the ninth, two days before the public première on the eleventh, but it was, curiously, transmitted at precisely the same time as that public première was taking place.

Music of Don Banks
(http://australianjazzrealbook.com/static/media/cache/c5/79/c579e69d0919e20cea631179de3e0dd9.jpg)



From the collection of Karl Miller

1. Equations I
2. Equations II

John Patrick Orchestra
John Patrick, Cond.

3: Intro
4-6:  Nexus
Tim Garland Quintet
BBC Concert Orchestrat
Clark Rundell, Cond.
Jan. 2004

Sources from personal recordings and radio broadcasts.  I'm unaware of any commercial release in digital format.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?9gv1a1bzvl6j4bb (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?9gv1a1bzvl6j4bb)

Reposts as requested:

Robert Hughes:

Sinfonietta(1957):

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra(Willem van Otterloo)

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/dgf107rklmz49jv/Hughes,Robert_Sinfonietta.mp3 (http://www.mediafire.com/listen/dgf107rklmz49jv/Hughes,Robert_Sinfonietta.mp3)

Synthesis for orchestra(1969):

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra(Willem van Otterloo)

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/bwa7g3e1rfpj7w1/Hughes,Robert_Synthesis.mp3 (http://www.mediafire.com/listen/bwa7g3e1rfpj7w1/Hughes,Robert_Synthesis.mp3)

Xanadu for orchestra:

Sydney Symphony Orchestra(Joseph Post)

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/c94d15bblg2m38q/Hughes_Xanadu.mp3 (http://www.mediafire.com/listen/c94d15bblg2m38q/Hughes_Xanadu.mp3)

Sir Malcolm Williamson (1931-2003)

The Stone Wall - A Cassation for Audience and Orchestra

BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

recorded for the 1971 Last Night of the Proms, from a long-out-of-print BBC cassette

https://musicforeveryone.createaforum.com/downloads/sir-malcolm-williamson-(1931-2003-australia)-the-stone-wall/ (https://musicforeveryone.createaforum.com/downloads/sir-malcolm-williamson-(1931-2003-australia)-the-stone-wall/)

(I have also put this into the British and Irish music folder...)

Malcolm Williamson
Ballet Suite "The Display"
1. The Forest
    The People
2. The Picnic
3. The Girl
4. The Youngsters
5. The Stranger
6. The Stranger and the Girl
7. The Lyre-Bird

Sydney SO, John Hopkins

from EMI LP SLS 5085

http://www.mediafire.com/download/3nc6gsuzuo3eni9/WilliamsonDisplay.m4a

Paul Stanhope (b.1969)

Fantasia on a theme of Vaughan Williams for orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales Conductor: André de Ridder.
Broadcast BBC Radio 3 18 April 2016

http://www.mediafire.com/download/f1swk8fee5np3f2/Stanhope_Fantasia.mp3

Graeme Koehne

Powerhouse - rhumba for orchestra

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, cond. David Porcelijn

https://www.mediafire.com/?ablye67yukr33t1 (https://www.mediafire.com/?ablye67yukr33t1)

Kats-Chernin Elena (1957- ) : Symphonia Eluvium for chorus and orchestra  (2011 - World Premiere)

http://www.mediafire.com/file/iq8v50a7oav5raw/Elena%20Kats-Chernin%2C%20Symphonia%20Eluvium%20%28premiere%29.mp3
   
Dorman Avner (1975- Israel) :  Variations Without A Theme (2003)

http://www.mediafire.com/file/f8kmj5bup9b7rkh/Dorman%2C%20Variations%20without%20a%20Theme.mp3

  Asher Fisch / Queensland Symphony Orchestra / Brisbane Chorale / Canticum Chamber Choir
 
  11 Sep 2011  Concert Hall, QPAC, South Bank, Brisbane  ,  ABC Broadcast 26 January 2012