Op. 49, No. 1
Beethoven's Sonata No. 19 is one of the shortest and simplest of his piano sonatas. Barry Ward has taken great care to respectfully adapt the...
Banish the Moon is a musical description of a magical sunrise. It begins in the dark with the sounds of crickets and frogs calling softly. The tune in the...
When I was growing up in suburban Brisbane in the 1980’s my family’s favourite place to picnic on a sunny weekend was Bellbird Grove in the D'Aguilar National...
David Long has set this masterpiece to a boogie-woogie bass line and has included chord changes for open solos in the middle of the piece. The vibraphone plays...
Music for winds by Beethoven! Great music from a master composer. The instrumentation varies between the multiple pieces in this collection.Program NotesIn...
Molto Vivace is a direct transcription of the exposition from the second movement of Beethoven's historic Symphony No. 9, scored for large percussion ensemble...
No Time for Talkers is a fun and energetic hard-driving gospel rock tune.Full recordings of this and other great Australian jazz works can be found on the CD...
The Obi Obi Creek meanders through the picturesque town of Maleny in the Sunshine Coast hinterland of Queensland. On its journey to the Mary River, it pours...
Pinwheels and Spinning Tops captures musically the playfulness of these revolving toys and the spontaneity of childish delight as colours whirl through...
Soren Bushi is a traditional Japanese fishing song originally used to keep the fishermen in time together as they send the boats out to sea, haul the nets,...
