Peter Dart: Chamber Music and Songs
Painters sometimes talk about the intensity of the light they encounter in Australia. Peter Dart, born in Sydney in 1953, brings something of that brightness to his compositions, which are further animated by buoyant rhythms and a lively sense of humour, even mischief. They are, at the same time, anchored in a secure command of counterpoint, and given a timeless quality by his fondness for modal harmony. Most important of all, the technical mastery that gives these works their surefooted appeal is suffused with straightforward human warmth.
Daniel Herscovitch, piano (Tracks 1 – 12, 14 – 17)
Clemens Leske, piano (Tracks 1 – 3)
Jenny Duck-Chong, mezzo-soprano (Tracks 4 – 7, 14 – 17)
Sally Walker, flute (Tracks 15 – 16), piccolo (Tracks 14 – 17)
Geoffrey Gartner, cello (Tracks 8 – 12)
Brad Gill, percussion (Tracks 14 – 17)
Alison Pratt, marimbas (Track 13)
Listen To This Recording:
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Triptych for two pianos (2011)
- I Sirens
- II Circles
- III Poseidon
- No. 1 This is just to say
- No. 2 Poem (As the cat)
- No. 3 The Locust Tree in Flower
- No. 4 To
- I Prelude (Cantilena and Arabesque)
- II Fugue
- III Tarantella
- IV Samba
- V Lullaby
- BirdTalk for two marimbas and pre-recorded sounds
- I here’s a little mouse
- II from spiraling ecstatically
- III i am a little church (Aeterna Christi munera)
- IV nobody loses all the time
Four Short Songs for mezzo-soprano and piano (2017)
Traceries for cello and piano (2016)
BirdTalk for two marimbas and pre-recorded sounds (2018)
of heaven and earth for mezzo-soprano, flute, percussion and piano (2020)
FIRST RECORDINGS
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