National Music Camp

1. A Long Night's Journey Into Day
(News/Latest)

...k to the online edition of the magazine – you will not regret it. © Hugh Davidson and David Lang...

2. Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)
(About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

...ysically involved in this serene music is in any way against the composer’s intent! © David Lang...

3. Philip Arkinstall: Alumni Profile
(About WAM/Writings)

...rsquo;re listening to, and who were impressed with the level we had achieved and Gen’s [Genevieve Lang] composure at such a young age [when her harp string broke.] ...

4. Genevieve Lang: Alumni Profile
(About WAM/Writings)

Harp tutor and former WAM participant (First National Music Camp 1993)   Harp tutor and former WAM participant (First National Music Camp 1993)   What was a memorable AYO experience for yo

5. Elliott GYGER (born 1968)
(About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

...t Harvard until 2007. He is now a Lecturer in Composition at the University of Melbourne. © David Lang...

6. Anton WEBERN (1883-1945)
(About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

... A student work written some 20 years before Webern’s first strictly serial orchestral work, the language of the Passacaglia has its roots in the late Romanticism of Brahms and Wagner. Its form...

7. Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)
(About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

...ft-overlooked violas to vie with the first violins for who has the most interesting part! © David Lang   ...

8. Radio Feature: Inside Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra
(Gallery/Audio)

..., Justin Beere, Alex Colding Smith and Dominic Fitzgerald; instrumental tutors Emma Sholl and Genevieve Lang, Composition tutor Elliott Gyger, and the Alexander Orchestra’s conductor, Lütz ...

9. Radio Feature: Who Comes to Camp?
(Gallery/Audio)

...chestra’s CEO Colin Cornish. This feature was produced by Anne-Marie Mousley and David Lang. Technical production by Hugh Davidson and Andrew Dixon. With assistance by the W...

10. Banquet in six courses: a report on the first Staff Concert
(News/Latest)

...ld of Debussy’s Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp (with Emma Sholl, Caroline Henbest and Genevieve Lang). The individual timbres – the rich and earthy viola, the pure yet powerful flute, an...

11. Here comes the sun
(News/Latest)

...have Jenny Pan (photographer) to thank for making the experience brief and melanoma-free. © David Lang & Hugh Davidson ...

12. Bedrich SMETANA (1824-1884)
(About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

...1874-9] The Czech people in the mid-nineteenth century were on the verge of independence. The national language was emerging out of suppression, and the transformation of the political situation from...

13. John ADAMS (born 1947)
(About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

...iving the music a wistful but ironic flavour. Halfway through, the pulse slows reluctantly as the music languishes nostalgically – both the Maos and Nixons are lost in their own dreams and memor...

14. “What did you have for breakfast?”
(News/Latest)

... answer, and how to get seamlessly from the subject of breakfast to the meaning of music! © David Lang ...

15. Interpreting Words
(News/Latest)

... stop for Death’. The poem is a meditation on mortality, told by an unidentified narrator. This plangent elegy formed the basis for our discussion, in particular two musical settings of the tex...

16. David Lang: When Two Worlds Collide
(About WAM/2010 Participants)

This is not the first time David Lang has come to National Music Camp, having participated last year as a composer. As soon as David began playing the piano and trumpet he discovered his desire to wr

17. Anne-Marie Mousley: An Opening Book
(About WAM/2010 Participants)

...ten teacher to bring music to children from poor communities. This made use of another of her passions: languages. On top of English (which she evidently loves to speak!), Annie also speaks Italian, S...

18. Samuel BARBER (1910-1981)
(Archived/About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

...style, often described as ‘neo-romantic’ due to its lyricism and essentially tonal harmonic language. Considering that atonality, experimentalism and serialism were at their most popular a...

19. Francis POULENC (1899-1963)
(Archived/About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

Sextet for piano and wind instruments, Op. 100 [1932-1939] I     Allegro vivace. Trés vite et emporté II    Divertissement: Andantino III   Finale: P

20. Dag WIRÉN (1905-1986)
(Archived/About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 11 [1937] I           Preludium II          Andante espressivo III&n

21. Thomas ADÈS (born 1971)
(Archived/About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

...lity. His opera Powder her Face [1995] (though sparking controversy for its graphic content and obscene language), has been described by leading 20th century theorist Paul Griffiths as “the musi...

22. Get your sing on
(Archived/News/Latest)

As a variation from the heavy rehearsal schedule at camp, AYO included two ‘Sing In’ sessions for all participants to attend with conductor Carl Crossin. Although only 45 minutes in leng

23. Selection of Tangos, arr. Fionnuala HUNT [2005]
(Archived/About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

Carlos GARDEL (1890-1935) Tomo y obligo Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) Oblivion Jacob GADE (1879-1963) Jealousy  For an Irish violinist with a repertoire consisting mostly of the classics and works

24. Claire Tomlin: For the love of music and words
(Archived/About WAM/2010 Participants)

Listening to Claire Tomlin talk about the second movement of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, it is immediately apparent that this is a girl with both a passion for music and an ability to express

25. Vanessa Ropa: Discovering Musical Minds
(Archived/About WAM/2010 Participants)

Vanessa Ropa’s passion for music and medicine is an unusual combination, but one that has led her in fascinating directions both personally and academically. In a casual conversation with her o

26. Quadrilles, Croquet & Cricket
(Archived/News/Latest)

‘Twas all on a golden afternoon, as the twilight sun glowed dimly yet lovingly on the well-kept green of the Adelaide University Oval – water-restrictions, be damned! – and excited

27. Sing!
(Archived/News/Latest)

It was high drama at the National Music Camp “sing-in” held at Elder Hall on Thursday night. Tears, laughter, admonishment and astonishment abounded as the 200-strong voices of students