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Southern Cross Soloists have been supporting Australian music since 1995 and began commissioning works in 1997.
The ensemble has recorded an all-Australian CD, simply called ‘Australia’. featuring the music of Gordon Kerry, Paul Stanhope, Richard Mills, Steven Stanfield, Dulcie Holland, Mary Mageau, Alison Bauld, Roy Agnew and Vincent Plush, which was released in November 2004.
The first commissioned work for the ensemble was written by Wilfred Lehmann to the poems of Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal.
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Songs of the North#
soprano, piano and winds
Dancas Latinas (debut performance)
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| DAVIDSON, R |
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Big Decisions#
oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and tape |
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| EDWARDS, ROSS |
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Maninyas 5
soprano and piano |
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| KERRY, GORDON |
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A Kind of Radiant Darkness#
narrator, piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
Cold Pastorale#
oboe, bassoon and piano |
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| LEHMANN, WILFRED |
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Song for Oodgeroo#
soprano, winds and piano |
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| MAGEAU, M |
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Forensis
oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
Ragtime Remembered#
oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano
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| MILLS, R |
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Four Dances from “Snugglepot and Cuddlepie”
(Arr. Kevin Power) piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon |
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| O’BOYLE, SEAN |
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Tyalgum Pictures#
soprano, piano and winds |
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| Arr POWER, KEVIN |
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Songs of Australia (medley of Australian Folk Songs)
soprano, piano, winds and children’s choir |
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| SCULTHORPE, P |
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Songs of Sea and Sky
clarinet and piano
Sonatina for piano
Tabuh Tabuhan
Sonata for Viola and Percussion
Small Town |
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| STANHOPE, P |
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Songs of the Shadowland#
soprano, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano
Morning Star II#
piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
Four Bagatelles#
piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon |
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| SUTHERLAND, M |
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The Gentle Water Bird
soprano, oboe and piano
The Orange Tree
soprano, clarinet and piano
Sonata for clarinet and piano
Sonatina for oboe and piano
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| # Especially written for the SOUTHERN CROSS SOLOISTS |
‘..a first rate concert…the bold, full-spectrumed tone fair pinned back your ears…Mary Mageau’s quartet was written for the Winds. They played the socks off it.’
Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, Novia Scotia, Canada
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