SCORES
Anzac Cove
for SATB choir
Text by Kemal Attatürk
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ABOUT
Following a visit to Anzac Cove at Gallipoli in 2000, the composer was moved by the beauty of Attaturk’s text, which is carved into a large stone plaque near the shoreline. This piece was the outcome and the opening brush-pulse is not a reference to drums or military noise but to the ghostly echoes of the ANZAC’s footsteps. The work was premiered as part of a programme entitled Remembrance – an Anzac Tribute in 2003.
SATB Choir
DURATION
6:15
DATE OF COMPOSITION
2001
PERFORMANCES
26 April 2003 (World Premiere) Flight of Ideas/Tom Farnon
St. Bartholomew’s Church, Norwood, Adelaide, Australia
2005 The Oriana Chorale/Rowan Harvey-Martin ‘Shadow and Light’
Wesley Uniting Church, Canberra, Australia
2007 The Oriana Chorale/Rowan Harvey-Martin
Turkish Embassy, Canberra
2008 The Llewellyn Choir/Rowan Harvey-Martin
Canberra, Australia.
2011 The Llewellyn Choir/Rowan Harvey-Martin
Canberra, Australia.
2015 The Llewellyn Choir/Rowan Harvey-Martin
Yass, Australia.
REVIEWS
“Thank you for writing such a stunning piece of music – I still get goosebumps when I think of it.” Member of Flight of Ideas
“People who think Hiscocks is simple aren’t listening. When you get down and dirty with this stuff, it’s a welcome challenge.” Tom Farnan, conductor, The Australian ‘Sounds like Anzac Spirit’