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.

TRACK LIST

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)