National Music Camp

1. Elliott GYGER (born 1968)
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Deep and dissolving verticals of light: nocturnal concerto for orchestra [1994]   Deep and dissolving verticals of light: nocturnal concerto for orchestra [1994] Deep and dissolving verticals of

2. Ross EDWARDS (born 1943)
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Veni Creator Spiritus [1993]     I    Puro e tranquillo     II    Ritmico Veni Creator Spiritus [1993]     I   &nb

3. Josef SUK (1874-1935)
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...ng generation, including the composer Bohuslav Martinů and pianist Rudolf Firkušný. Born into a musical family in Křečovice in what today is The Czech Republic, Suk was t...

4. John ADAMS (born 1947)
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The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra [1985] The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra [1985] Composers love commissions, but the sign of a successful composer is having more commissions than

5. An eye for an eye
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...h and G. F. Handel - considered the two greatest composers of the High Baroque period – were both born in the same year (1685), and both blinded by the same quack eye-doctor, “Chevalier&rd...

6. David Lang: When Two Worlds Collide
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... across the music spectrum. Composition is something he will continue to pursue, but this year Adelaide-born David has returned to explore the world of writing about music rather than writing the musi...

7. Hugh Davidson: “There are things you were born to do”
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...ts that this cliché sounds a bit pretentious, but for him, a career in music is the only option. Born in Melbourne, Hugh began learning the piano at age six and was considering a future in musi...

8. Dag WIRÉN (1905-1986)
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Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 11 [1937] I           Preludium II          Andante espressivo III&n

9. Thomas ADÈS (born 1971)
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…but all shall be well [1993] London-born Thomas Adès has never been one to shy away from controversy. Deliberately polemic, he has been described by one British newspaper as either &l

10. Martin MATALON (born 1958)
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Lignes de Fuite [2007] Born in Buenos Aires in 1958, Martin Matalon spent a great deal of his life in New York before settling in Paris in 1993. He completed postgraduate studies at the Juilliard Sc

11. Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
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...wn as Bloody Sunday and marked the beginning of the Russian Revolution of 1905. Dmitri Shostakovich was born the following year, into a generation that endured two revolutions, the Civil War, two Worl...

12. James LEDGER (born 1966)
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Fall from Grace [2003]  Perth composer James Ledger is this year’s composition tutor at National Music Camp. He has held the position of composer in residence with the Adelaide Symphony Or

13. Giuseppe TORELLI (1658-1709)
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Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op.8, No.8 [1708] I    Vivace-Adagio II   Allegro Described by a contemporary as “erudite and eloquent”, Giuseppe Torelli possessed co

14. Adelaide Searches for a New Elder Professor (1948)
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Did you know that Percy Grainger could have been the Elder Professor of Music at the University of Adelaide, instead of John Bishop?