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Egyptian Wish

RM750e Egyptian Wish Abbott SAX TRIO SSS
RM750e Egyptian Wish Abbott SAX TRIO SSS
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Composer: Katy Abbott
Composed: 2001 Duration: 8 mins.
Instrumentation: Sax Trio
ISMN: 979-0-720109-21-3 Catalogue: RM750
Level: D Country: Australia

Performed by Barry Cockcroft, Joseph Lallo & Jess Voigt

Suite for Double Bass

RM749 Double Bass Suite Witney DB
RM749 Double Bass Suite Witney DB
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Composer: Paul Witney
Composed: 2010 Duration: 10 mins.
Instrumentation: Double Bass Solo
ISMN: 979-0-720109-20-6 Catalogue: RM749
Level: B, C Country: Australia

On Song

RM748 On Song Metcalf SAX QUARTET SATB
RM748 On Song Metcalf SAX QUARTET SATB
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Composer: John Metcalf
Composed: 2010 Duration: 8 mins.
Instrumentation: Sax Quartet SATB Level D
ISMN: 979-0-720109-19-0 Catalogue: RM748
Level: D Country: Wales

Performed by Lunar Saxophone Quartet

Note by the composer:
On Song was commissioned by the Lunar Saxophone Quartet with funding from Live

Music Now/Wales and first performed by them at a concert at the Riverfront Theatre Newport on 29th October 2010 at a concert celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the work of Live Music Now in Wales.

On Song is in a single movement , marked Cantabile, and as the title suggests is predominantly lyrical in character with references to different types of songs and singing. The work is also characterised by the use of complex polyrhythms often over a 'walking' bass. The tempo is constant throughout most of the work until, at the close, a slightly faster section moves the piece on to a lively and passionate conclusion.

Lunar Saxophone have recorded On Song for Signum Records on the CD 'These Visions' SIGCD233

Sonatina

RM745e Sonatina Broadstock EUPH/PNO
RM745e Sonatina Broadstock EUPH/PNO
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Composer: Brenton Broadstock
Composed: 2010 Duration: E mins.
Instrumentation: Euphonium & Piano
ISMN: 979-0-720109-16-9 Catalogue: RM745
Level: 14 Country: Australia

Dawn Interlude

RM744e Dawn Interlude Stanhope FRENCH HORN
RM744e Dawn Interlude Stanhope FRENCH HORN
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Composer: Paul Stanhope
Composed: 1999 Duration: 2 mins.
Instrumentation: French Horn Solo
ISMN: 979-0-720109-15-2 Catalogue: RM744
Level: C Country: Australia

Dawn Interlude is a short French horn solo extracted my song cycle Songs for the Shadowland (for soprano, winds and piano). This piece is not only a commentary on Oodgeroo Noonucal’s poem Dawn Wail for the Dead but also, in its own way, a personal gesture of sorrow for past wrongs perpetrated against Indigenous Australians.

The use of descending glissandi, the use of stopped notes and a ‘natural horn’ quarter-tone harmonic emphasize the mournful nature of the piece.