ORCHESTRAL


Asmaradana (1994)  for Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. 5min.
First performance Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, 18 June 1994, during Trade and Cultural Mission 'Australia Today Indonesia 94',   Richard Mills conducting the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

Journeys- An Indonesian Triptych (1994) 20mins.
Commissioned by the Queensland Philharmonic  Orchestra.  Three 'journeys' influenced by  music, landscape and poetry from Java.  Journeys 1 -Asmaradana
Journeys 2 -Lagu Lagu Manis Dan Sederhana (Sweet and Simple Melodies)



Journeys 3
-Manusia Pertama di Angkasa Luar (The First Man in Outer Space)
First performance 5 November, 1994. Contemporary Australian Music Series. Basil Jones Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium of Music. Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, Graham Abbott, conductor.

Golden Hours  (1995) for Chamber Orchestra.     5min.30sec.
Commissioned by St. Margarets Chamber Orchestra. First performance conducted by David Forrest, at the Concert Hall of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, October 1995, to mark the school's centenary and the 13th annual Festival of Australian Music sponsored by St Margarets Anglican Giirls' School, Brisbane.

Indonesian Diptych  (1994)     
9min.57sec.
Orchestral tone poems  (I) 
Asmaradana   (ii)  Manusia Pertama di Angkasa Luar (The First Man in Outer Space)
Published:  Vienna Masterworks.  Recorded by:  Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra with Ruben Silva conducting.  Vienna Modern Masters CD VMM 3031  Music From Six Continents, 1995 Series.

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ORCHESTRAL MUSIC WITH SOLOIST


In This Garden (1973)    9min. 30sec.
Song cycle for voice and  orchestra. Commissioned:  Josef Aronoff.
(i) Spider; (ii) Butterflies; (iii) Worm; (iv) Snail; (v) Sparrow.
Text by David Cox

Riddles  (1974)    8min. 30sec.
Song cycle for  voice and orchestra. Commissioned" Josef Aronoff.
(
i) The Cry; (ii) In an English Garden;
(iii) In Spanish Mountains;  (iv) In the Carnavon Ranges
Words: David Cox.

River Songs (1992)   16min. 35sec.
Song cycle for soprano and orchestra.
(i) River Mother, River Child, (ii) Boy and River,
(iii) River Nocturne, (iv) House by the River,
(v) Tree of Two Souls, (vi) Swift Tide 
Commissioned: Australian Broadcasting Commission
First
performance Brisbane, November 27, 1992, with
Janet Delpratt, soprano and Richard Mills conducting the
Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Recording: JAD CD 1038,
Concerto. ABC production; Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Janet Delpratt, soprano; Richard Mills, conductor.   Also recorded on
JAD CD 1079
Procession for Elizabeth.

Gambar Gambar Jawa...Images of Java (2007) 20min.
Song cycle for voice and orchestra.  Commissioned:  Queensland Conservatorium of Music Griffith University on its 50th Anniversary.
(I) Genesis (ii) Asmaradana (iii) A Tale Before Sleep (iv) Nina-Bobok (v) Manusia Pertama di Angkasa Luar (vi) Nawang Wulan
Words:  Goenawan Mohamad and Subagio Sastrowardoyo.
Translations:  Dr. Harry Aveling. 
First Performance:  10th August, 2007.  Conservatorium Theatre,
Southbank, Brisbane.  Soloists:  Victoria Lambourn & Shaun Brown.
Conservatorium Orchestra.  Michael Morgan, conductor.