This Moment Must Be Sung

Recorded at Trackdown December 2013-February 2016
Engineer: Daniel Brown
Produced by Halcyon
Mastered by Utopia Audio
Cover photo: Linden Gledhill
Cover graphic: Liz Duck-Chong

Released by Tall Poppies on 1 May 2018
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Available to buy from Tall Poppies or the Halcyon store.

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Halcyon’s new CD This Moment Must Be Sung showcases recent vocal works by Andrew Schultz and features three substantial song cycles: To the Evening Star (winner of the 2009 Paul Lowin Song Cycle prize) for soprano and piano, I am writing in this book for soprano, mezzo-soprano, cello, double bass, percussion, harp and piano and Paradise for soprano, cello and piano (runner-up in the 2016 Lowin prize) alongside three shorter works: Lake Moonrise for mezzo-soprano, bass clarinet, cello and percussion (from Halcyon’s Kingfisher project), I am Black for soprano and piano and Dark Chair for soprano, mezzo-soprano, clarinet, double bass and percussion.  You can read program notes for the pieces here and reviews of some of the works here

In Schultz’s own words: “Throughout my career I have returned time and again to vocal music. My interest is in both the words and the music and the ways in which they can complement each other and thereby enlarge the meaning and communication of each alone. So it is not surprising that I have been drawn to rich texts, old and new, and also sought to adapt and create texts that enable me the freedom to express my own personal experience. This disc presents a cross-section of my vocal music in the expert hands of Halcyon.”

TRACK LIST

  • I am writing in this book op. 88
    1. A gift of paper 2. Secret meetings 3. Language of women 4. I see the word 'storm' 5. It is getting dark

  • Lake moonrise op. 94

  • Paradise op. 95
    7. Suspended earth 8. Safety glass 9. Child, who are you? 10. Jigsaw 11. Almost flight

  • I am black op. 63a

  • To the Evening Star
    13. Lake Isle of Innisfree 14. Pied Beauty 15. Mezzo Cammin 16. Money, O! 17. To the evening star

  • Dark Chair op. 47c

ARTISTS
Luke Spicer conductor, Alison Morgan soprano,  Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo-soprano, Jason Noble clarinet, Geoffrey Gartner cello, Anna Martin-Scrase cello, Jennifer Druery double bass, Kirsty McCahon double bass, William Jackson percussion, Rowan Phemister harp, Chris Cartner piano, Sally Whitwell piano

Kingfisher - songs for Halcyon

The long-awaited Kingfisher CD is now out.  Released through Tall Poppies, the CD features 21 new commissions written in 2013-14 in celebration of Halcyon's 15th birthday.  An outstanding collection which showcases the richness of Australian contemporary writing for voice and chamber ensemble.

 

TRACK LIST

  1. Andrew Ford: To My Excellent Lucasia, on our Friendship [2:42]

  2. Stuart Greenbaum: Opalescence [4:00]

  3. Paul Stanhope: My Love in Her Attire [1:38]

  4. Elliott Gyger: The Pleiades at Midnight [4:27]

  5. Stephen Adams: Sometimes snow fell, sometimes darkness... [3:43]

  6. Jane Stanley: Round the Bay [3:31]

  7. Graham Hair: All About Anna [4:06]

  8. Rosalind Page: Aquila’s wing [2:49]

  9. Nicholas Vines: A King’s Manifesto [6:01]

  10. Katy Abbott: Follow Me Through the Shadow [2:57]

  11. Dan Walker: The Mystic Blue [3:40]

  12. Ross Edwards: The Tranquil Mind [3:16]

  13. Kevin March: Sea-blue Bird [4:07]

  14. Sharon Calcraft: Verathmende, Schillernde, Blitzende... [3:09]

  15. Andrew Schultz: Lake Moonrise, Op. 94 [3:56]

  16. Gordon Kerry: Music (La Musique) [2:59]

  17. Raffaele Marcellino: Turbulent Passions Calm [3:43]

  18. John Peterson: See, the Prismatic Colors Glisten [4:47]

  19. Nigel Butterley: Nature Changes at the Speed of Life [2:41]

  20. Moya Henderson: I Lost a World the Other Day [3:38]

  21. Gillian Whitehead: All One Water [4:24]

ARTISTS

Alison Morgan soprano, Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo soprano, Laura Chislett Jones piccolo, flute, alto flute, bass flute Jason Noble clarinet, bass clarinet, Geoffrey Gartner cello, William Jackson & Joshua Hill percussion

Recorded at Trackdown Scoring Stage, Sydney in May-July 2014.  Engineered and mixed by Daniel Brown.

Mastered by Christo Curtis, Utopia Audio.

Cover photograph: Lorenzo Cortelletti  Cover design: Elizabeth Duck-Chong

Available through Tall Poppies or Halcyon.

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