Waves IV

Produced by Halcyon
Recorded at Trackdown Scoring Stage 6 & 8 March, 10 & 12 April, 17 & 18 May 2017
Engineering and editing: Evan McHugh
Editing, mixing and mastering: Daniel Brown
Photo: Linden Gledhill
Graphic design: Liz Duck-Chong

Digital release by Halcyon on 1 June 2019
CD release by Halcyon on 31 August 2019

Available as mp3 download from the Halcyon store
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Waves IV, the latest in Halcyon’s ongoing series of self-released EPs, features significant contemporary works for voice by three distinctive Australian composers: Larry Sitsky, Ross Edwards and Matthew Hindson.  Though different in style and timbre, they share a common theme - humans drawn to contemplation by nature.

WORKS

  • Matthew Hindson Insect Songs (1998)

  • Larry Sitksy A Feast of Lanterns II: Seven songs from Chinese poetry (2015)

  • Ross Edwards Five Senses: Five poems of Judith Wright (2012)

ARTISTS
Hindson: Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo-soprano,  Vladimir Gorbach guitar

Sitsky: Luke Spicer conductor, Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo-soprano, Vivien Jeffery violin/viola, Geoffrey Gartner cello, Clemens Leske piano, William Jackson percussion

Edwards: Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo-soprano, Bernadette Harvey piano, Joshua Hill percussion

This recording project was supported by Creative Partnerships Australia MATCH funding program.