Various Artists
Women of Note Volume 5 (CD)
This annual ABC Classic project recognises and celebrates the creativity and talent of Australia's female composers. In the 2023 edition, Women of Note Volume 5, we hear from five rising stars in the Australian art music scene – Ella Macens, Elizabeth Younan, Christine Pan, Marlene Cummins and Heather Percy – plus two of the most respected women composing today: Anne Boyd and Deborah Cheetham Fraillon.
The collection also reflects a broad range of cultures, including composers of Chinese, Lebanese, Latvian and Indigenous heritage.
CHRISTINE PAN - Motions of Equinox (2022)
1 I. Blind Euphoria
2 II. Nostalgia for Celestial Bodies
Kate Moloney harp
DEBORAH CHEETHAM - Bungaree (2020)
3 I. November 24
4 II. Kaaroo
5 III. Navigating the Truth
Flinders Quartet
6 ANNE BOYD Beside - Bamboo (2018)
Katia Beaugeais alto saxophone, Phillip Shovk piano
HEATHER PERCY - Three Night Songs (2022)
7 I. Holy Innocents
8 II. Pink Swallows Blue
9 III. Hymn to the Evening
Sydney Chamber Choir, Sam Allchurch conductor
ELLA MACENS - A Love Worth Fighting For (2020)
10 I. Love
11 II. Longing, to be where we were
12 III. Fire
13 IV. The Departing
Flinders Quartet
14 MARLENE CUMMINS - Starting Over (2021)
Ensemble Offspring (Claire Edwardes vibraphone, Alexandra Osborne violin, Brendan Clarke double bass, Jason Noble clarinet, Rhyan Clapham snare drum)
ELIZABETH YOUNAN - The Fertile Crescent (2021)
15 I. Belly Dance
16 II. Khaleegy
17 III. Dabke
Croissants & Whiskey (Ryan Williams recorders, Katie Yap Baroque viola, Joy Lee harpsichord,Miranda Hill violone)
