Composer's note: ''There is something innately human about cherishing one's deepest desires while knowing that they are impossible. Part of the model in this work is also the folly that a flute - the...
... immediately engaging, with its uplifting horn melody, lively fanfares, comfortable harmonies and easy-to-follow trajectory... Mark Stryker, Dayton Daily News, 13 January 1994 Instrumentation: picc...
Originally conceived to be performed in conjunction with excerpts from Fritz Lang's classic silent film Metropolis , this brooding 11-minute work from 1996 now exists as a concert work in its own...
‘Its appeal is considerable and direct. The main body of its first section rides on energetic, syncopated dance-like rhythms, often with a Latin flavour. The middle, generally slower, section re...
This exciting and energetic 1-minute ‘children’s anthem’ for orchestra formed the main theme for two interactive family concerts entitled The Planet of Doom, given by the Sydney Symp...
Carl Vine’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (1997) is one of three large-scale works composed with pianist Michael Kieran Harvey in mind – the others being his first two piano sonatas. Its composer d...
First performed Piers Lane and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Carl Vine's vibrant Piano Concerto No.2 (2012) is an attractive 25-minute work comprising three movements. A Rhapsody and Nocturne lead to...
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Battles was written for the restoration of the epic 1927 silent film The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands, and was commissioned by the British Film Institute (BFI) in 2013. The work presents ei...
