Barton and Hindson's groundbreaking Kalkadungu enjoys a welcome reprise, framed by two classic symphonies and a new piano concerto.
In 2008, a couple of months after Kevin Rudd said 'sorry' to the Stolen Generations, the Sydney Symphony premiered a groundbreaking collaboration between composers William Barton and Matthew Hindson, Kalkadungu. This vibrant meeting of Indigenous Australian and Western music won a standing ovation from young and old. Now we're excited to bring it back in a well-deserved reprise.
In this program, it's joined by even newer music: Stumble to Grace, a piano concerto composed especially for Orli Shaham and David Robertson by American Steven Mackey.
And framing the thrilling effects of solo virtuosity and haunting drama are two 'classical' symphonies: Mozart's ambitious Paris Symphony and Prokofiev's 20th-century take on Haydn.
MOZART Symphony No.31 (Paris)
MACKEY Stumble to Grace - Piano Concerto (Australian premiere)
BARTON & HINDSON Kalkadungu
PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony
David Robertson conductor
William Barton didjeridu
Orli Shaham piano
AUDIO PLAYER LISTING
Track 1 - MOZART Symphony No.31 in D, K297 (Paris): 3rd movement
Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Karl Böhm
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON ELOQUENCE 463 230-2
Track 2 - MACKEY [sample work] Tuck and Roll, for electric guitar and orchestra: excerpt
New World Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas with the composer as soloist
Track 3 - PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony: I Allegro
Track 4 - PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony: III Gavotta (Non troppo allegro)
Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy
DECCA 470 528-2
Audio kindly supplied by Silver Partner Universal Music
and by composer Steve Mackey