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Mythical Creatures: I chat to Polish-born, Australian composer Paul Kopetz about the recent disc of his music
Composer Paul Kopetz's album, Mythical Creatures, was released on Navona Records in October 2023. Based around Paul's song cycle of the same name, the disc features settings of poems by Svyetlana Hadgraft set for voice, piano, wind quintet and percussion. Born in Poland and now living in Australia, Paul is a multi-instrumentalist and composer. He received his early musical education in Poland before studying at The University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts, Rotterdam Conservatorium, and Monash University. He initially had a career as a freelance clarinettist, performing with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and Queensland's Camerata.When we spoke Paul was in tropically humid Brisbane, quite a contrast to cold and windy London. The album, Mythical Creatures came about because a few years ago Paul was having coffee with his friend, the poet Svyetlana Hadgraft. Paul wanted to write on a larger scale and asked her […]
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Britten, Chausson, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Rubbra, Schumann et al: Orchestral & Vocal Works (Malcolm Sargent et al)
[…] scan and poor-quality booklet from the original issue derived from internet]Recording venues: BBC Promenade Concerts, Royal Albert Hall *~ and Royal Festival Hall ^, LondonRecording engineers: BBC Transcription Service; Producers: Paul Reding *^ and James Burnett ~Carlton Classics originally issued this collection on their BBC Radio Classics CD label in 1996. Some how they appear to have retained rights to these BBC recordings for download. The booklet pages included here are for the original CD issue.Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. 100 Years: Popular Classics01 - 21 Robert Schumann: Carnaval, op.9. Scènes Mignonnes sur Quatre Notes [28'24]22 Georges Bizet (arr. Méndez): Carmen, Act 1- Habanera [3'56]23 Leroy Anderson: Belle of the Ball [2'53]24 Nigel Westlake: Cudmirrah Fanfare [1'54]25 George Dreyfus: Rush [2'30]26 Bruce Smeaton: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith [2'47]27 Bizet: L'Arlésienne. Suite No. 1- Prélude28 Stuart Greenbaum: 90 Minutes Circling the Earth [5'09]29 Holst: The Planets, op.32: - IV. Jupiter. The Bringer […]
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