Klarinet Archive - Posting 000928.txt from 1997/03

From: Floyd Williams <F.Williams@-----.AU>
Subj: Re: Inquiry re Peter Sculthorpe
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 02:20:50 -0500

Gary Young wrote:
>
> Belated thanks to Floyd Williams and Jack Kissinger for their responses to
> my inquiry a month ago about Sculthorpe's Songs of Sea and Sky. A pianist
> friend and I did it last week at a recital, and during rehearsal we fell in
> love with it. (At recital I made some introductory remarks in which I said
> (perhaps unwisely) that the piece portrayed (not "exemplified," but
> "portrayed") the musical imperialism of Western Christian culture.
> Afterward, someone asked me why I hated Bach.) Floyd, if you are in
> contact with the composer, please convey to him our heartfelt gratitude for
> this piece.
>
> Now we are looking for other pieces by Sculthorpe to play. Richard Gilbert
> lists "Dream Tracks," for cl, vn and piano. It's been recorded by
> Ludwig-Verdehr, but I don't have access to this recording. Has anyone on
> the list played it? Does anyone know of any other chamber pieces he wrote
> for clarinet?
>
> As they say, TIA
>
> Gary

Gary, you can reach Peter Sculthorpe at 91 Holdsworth St. Woollahra, NSW
2025, Australia. I'm sure he would like to hear of any performances of
his music. I recently recorded "Dreamtracks" on a CD of clarinet music
by Australian composers. The CD is entitled Dreamtracks and is available
from Move Records,10 Glen Drive, Eaglemont,Victoria,3084,Australia.
--
Floyd Williams
Queensland Conservatorium-Griffith University
Conference: http://www.gu.edu.au/acsc