Recorded live at Trackdown Scoring Stage, Fox Studios, Sydney, June 2004 Engineer/editor: Patrick Mullins Assistant editor: Daniel Brown
Available as CD from Halcyon, CD and mp3 from cdbaby.com and mp3 from itunes,
CLOSE UPS was a highlight of 2004 for Halcyon; an intimate program bringing together just a handful of artists for each work, set in the beautiful acoustic of Trackdown Scoring Stage, and accompanied towards the end by a fantastical Sydney rain storm.
Track list
Kaija Saariaho Du gick , flög
Rachel Clement Fracture
Sally Beamish Buzz
-6. Edison Denisov Archipel de songes
7-8 Libby Larsen Do you know and Liebeslied From Beloved, thou hast brought me flowers
9. Jonathan Harvey Lullaby for the Unsleeping
10-11 Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki Good Night , (movt 2 & 3)
Dai Fujikura Still sweet…
13-17.Earl Kim Now and then
18. Ross Harris …inside the rainbow air…
19.Fung Lam Amitabha (World premiere)
Artists: Alison Morgan soprano, Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo soprano , Steven Meyer flutes , Alexandre Oguey cor anglais , Alison Eddington percussion , Sally Whitwell piano , Lucy O'Shea harp , Alex Norton violin , Nicole Forsyth viola , Sally Maer cello