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Scenes from an Australian Childhood
piano solo
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Performance of Rainforest Toccata by Gil Sullivan
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In this set of pieces for solo piano the composer recalls aspects of her childhood, with many set in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. Written from an adult’s perspective, Scenes from an Australian Childhood depicts a country whose flora, fauna and natural weather patterns created a vibrant and exciting environment.
piano
DURATION
35:00
Tarantella 3:15
Trees and Lightning 5:00
Garden Orb Web 5:00
Rainforest Toccata 3:30
Wombeyan Caves 5:30
Lanterns on Lake Illawarra 6:30
Fire Haze at Gerringong 6:00
DATE OF COMPOSITION
1987 – 2013
PERFORMANCES
1986 (World Premiere of Rainforest Toccata) Roy Howat
Eilen Joyce Room, University of Western Australia, Perth.
30 October 1988 (UK premiere of Rainforest Toccata) Roy Howat
Beith, Scotland
2001 (World Premiere of Tarantella) Cordelia Williams
BBC Young Musician of the year
13 July 2002 (French premiere of Tarantella) Roy Howat
La Schola Cantorum Summer School, Paris, France.
16 July 2002 (Portuguese premiere of Tarantella) Roy Howat
Third International Piano Festival Aveiro, University of Aveiro, Portugal
21 August 2002 (Japanese premiere of Tarantella) Roy Howat
Kusatsu Concert Hall, Japan 23rd Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy & Festival
4 October 2002 (USA premiere of Tarantella) Scott McCarrey
McKay Auditorium, Brigham Young University, Hawaii.
6 October 2002 (Australian premiere of Tarantella) Roy Howat
Town Hall, Hunters Hill, Sydney.
11 August 2004 (Czech premiere of Tarantella) Roy Howat
Cesky Krumlov Festival, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic.
28 April 2005 (Spanish premiere of Tarantella) Roy Howat
Osteguna, Spain.
29 April 2006 (Premiere of Garden Orb Web and Wombeyan Caves)Vladimir Stoupel
Internationales Theatre Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
15 November 2007 (Premiere of Trees and Lightning) Scott McCarrey
McKay Auditorium, Brigham Young University, Hawaii.
15 November 2007 (World Premiere of Lanterns on Lake Illawarra) Scott McCarrey
McKay Auditorium, Brigham Young University, Hawaii.
10 May 2009 (UK Premiere of Lanterns on Lake Illawarra) Scott McCarrey
Gallery 3 at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England.
3 November 2013 (Premiere of Fire Haze at Gerringong) Wendy Hiscock
Gerringong Town Hall, Australia Lloyd Rees Festival presented by Gerringong Music Club.
10 June 2016 (Australian premiere of Wombeyan Caves) Wendy Hiscocks
Town Hall, Gerringong, NSW
Other Performances of Tarantella
Roy Howat, 25 October 2002, Church of the Epiphany, Crafers, Adelaide, Australia.
Roy Howat, 27 October 2002, Jurlique Herb Farm, Mount Barker, South Australia.
Roy Howat, 3 November 2002, British Music Society, Melbourne, Australia.
Roy Howat, 10 February 2003, Keele, UK.
Roy Howat, 29 March 2003, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Scott McCarrey, 10 June 2003, Assembly Hall, Salt Lake City. Gina Bachauer International Piano Festival
Roy Howat on 27 April 2003 at Pangbourne College, UK
Scott McCarrey, 10 June 2003, Temple Square Concert Series, London
Roy Howat, 2004, Selwyn College, Cambridge.
Roy Howat, 21 January 2005, West Kilbride Music Club, Scotland
Roy Howat, 14 July 2005, Elder Hall, University of Adelaide, Australia.
Roy Howat, 27 July 2005, Ruskin Hall, Melba Conservatorium.
Scott McCarrey, 15 November 2007, McKay Auditorium, Brigham Young University, Hawaii.
Roy Howat, 9 February 2008, ABC FM broadcast.
Scott McCarrey, 10 May 2009, Gallery 3 at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Scott McCarrey, 17 May 2009, Selwyn College Hall, Cambridge.
Roy Howat, September 2014, Queensland Conservatorium, Brisbane.
Wendy Hiscocks, 10 July 2015, Melbourne?
Sally Mays, 21 February 2017, ABC FM broadcast.
Sally Mays, 19 April 2017, ABC FM broadcast.
Other performances of Trees & Lightning
Scott McCarrey on 10 May 2009 in Gallery 3 at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Scott McCarrey on 17 May 2009 in Selwyn College Hall, Cambridge.
Other performances of Garden Orb Web
Vladimir Stoupel on 5 May 2006 in the Kleine Salle, Konzerthaus Berlin.
Other performances of Rainforest Toccata
Roy Howat, 16 February 1989, Glasgow University, Scotland
Roy Howat, 17 February 1989, Troon Arts Guild, Scotland
Roy Howat, 23 February 1989, University of Leeds, UK
Roy Howat, 27 February 1989, BBC Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London
Roy Howat, 16 April 1989, Chopin Society, London.
Roy Howat, 18 July 1989, University of Otago, New Zealand
Roy Howat, 4 August 1989, Christchurch Arts Centre, New Zealand
Roy Howat, 10 August 1989, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Roy Howat, 20 August 1989, Sydney Opera House, ABC ‘Broadwalk’, Sydney
Roy Howat, 23 August 1989, University of New England, Armidale, Australia
Roy Howat, 14 September 1989, Melba Hall, University of Melbourne
Roy Howat, 24 October 1989, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London
Roy Howat, 17 February 1990, Newton Stewart & District Music Club, Scotland
Roy Howat, 3 March 1990, Hemsted Music Society, Kent
Roy Howat, 10 March 1990, BBC broadcast.
Roy Howat, 13 March 1990, Brunel University, London
Roy Howat, 18 March 1990, Cannizaro House, Wimbledon, London
Roy Howat, 21 March 1990, Leeds Institute Gallery, Leeds College of Music, UK
Roy Howat, 26 April 1990, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, UK
Roy Howat, 14 September 1990, Caterham School, Surrey, UK
Roy Howat, 16 September 1990, Maidstone, Kent, UK
Roy Howat, 13 November 1990, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Roy Howat, 26 November 1990, Queen’s College, Flushing, New York
Roy Howat, 9 April 1992, University of Wollongong, Australia
Roy Howat, 30 April 1992, University of Sydney, Australia
Elizabeth Watson, 27 April 2014, Gippsland, Victoria
Other performances of Wombeyan Caves
Vladimir Stoupel , 5 May 2006, Kleine Salle, Konzerthaus Berlin.
Other performances of Lanterns on Lake Illawarra
Scott McCarrey on 17 May 2009 in Selwyn College Hall, Cambridge.
Wendy Hiscocks, 19 May 2017, St. Mary-at-Hill, London.
Wendy Hiscocks, 25 May 2017, Steinways, London.
Wendy Hiscocks, 12 August 2017, Bundanoon Soldiers’ Memorial Hall, Bundanoon, Australia.
Wendy Hiscocks, 20 August 2017, St. Jude’s Music Association, Bowral, NSW.
Other performances of Fire Haze at Gerringong
Wendy Hiscocks, 10 July 2016, Gerringong Town Hall, Australia
NB. Piano solos in this collection are listed/recommended by the Sydney International Piano Competition for the Australian composition requirement.
The composer with Bobbie Miller
Scott McCarrey recording Scenes with the composer in Hawaii 2012
