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Classical Music
features

World Premiere: Joe Chindamo’s Ligeia

Joe Chindamo's new concerto for trombone and orchestra is inspired by the nature of duality in the works of Edgar Allen Poe and Carl Jung.

May 2, 2022
Chamber, Classical Music
features

World Premiere: Lou Bennett’s nyerrnur, nyarkur – to hear, to see

The composer discusses her new piece inspired by the Indigenous practice of listening with the whole body.

April 22, 2022
Classical Music
features

World Premiere: Elliott Gyger’s Concerto for Orchestra

Elliott Gyger tells us about his new piece for WASO, and exactly what a concerto for orchestra is.

April 12, 2022
Classical Music
features

World Premiere: Christopher Sainsbury’s In the beginning, fun

Sainsbury writes about how composing, for him, is work, art, cultural expression, and often an expression of play and fun within those. 

March 25, 2022
Classical Music
features

World Premiere: Bianca Gannon’s Utter Stutter Flutter

Bianca Gannon writes about her new work, which draws heavily on Indonesian music traditions – in particular the angklung, an instrument made of bamboo tubes attached to bamboo frames.

February 2, 2022
Chamber, Classical Music
features

World Premiere: Ben Robinson’s Propulsive Instability

Postponed three years because of COVID, Ben Robinson's 'new-old' work is about to be given its world premiere by Ensemble Apex.

December 10, 2021
Classical Music
features

World Premiere: Artology Fanfare Competition 2021

Three young composers describe the new works they have written as part of Artology's 2021 Fanfare competition, which will be performed along with nine other fanfares in Brisbane this week.

September 27, 2021
Classical Music, Instrumental, Orchestral
features

World Premiere: Florence Lingane’s Illuminating Paradise

The composer tells us about their new work for Queensland Symphony Orchestra, a "love letter" to the wondrous few years surrounding the turn of the 20th century.

August 24, 2021
Classical Music
features

New Music: World Premieres, and Beyond

How do we ensure that adventurous new music gets more than one performance?

July 26, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music
features

World Premiere: Erik Griswold’s How Strange the Change

Erik Griswold's new work for Brisbane Music Festival was inspired by our current COVID predicament, and Cole Porter's song Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye.

July 16, 2021
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

World Premiere: Kim Cunio’s CO2 and the Ice Core

The composer reveals how a recording of an ice core melting broke his heart and inspired this piece of music.

June 11, 2021
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
features

World Premiere: Kate Reid’s Solander

The composer tells us about her new work for Sydney Chamber Choir, which celebrates the life and legacy of Swedish botanist Daniel Solander.

May 4, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music
features

World Premiere: Moya Henderson’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The composer explains how a fragment from Puccini became the starting point for her tribute to the late Supreme Court Justice, commissioned for the Canberra Symphony Orchestra's Australian Series.

April 7, 2021

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