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suitable for ‘new music’ audiences and specialist performers
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Economy Of Wax

Year
2009
Category
Ambrosia, Esoterica
Genre
Chamber - Small
Duration
9'30"
Premiere
Jane Sheldon, Firebird Ensemble ~ Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge MA; 28 April 2009

for soprano, flute/piccolo, viola & harp  

Commissioned by Jane Sheldon, Peter Godfrey-Smith & the Australia Council

Released by Navona Records

Selected Other Performances:

Syzygy Ensemble ~ Melbourne Recital Centre; 10 Apr 2014 

Adrienne Pardee, Callithumpian Consort ~ Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory; 25 Jan 2012

Adrienne Pardee, Tanglewood Music Center Fellows ~ Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood; 25 July 2010

Jane Sheldon, Ensemble Offspring (in part) ~ Australian National University, Canberra; Nov 13th & Australian Museum, Sydney; 19 Nov 2009

Jane Sheldon et al (in part) ~ Halifax; 17 Oct 2009

Jane Sheldon,  Firebird Ensemble (in part) ~ Stanford University; 8 Oct 2009

See Press for reviews

Media

Programme NoteDownload PDF
TextDownload PDF
Video: complete (Callithumpian Consort)Open Link
Video: excerpts (Syzygy Ensemble)Play Video
Score: bars 50-72 Download PDF
Audio: bars 52-71
Score: bars 160-199Download PDF
Audio: bars 160-199
Score: bars 246-277Download PDF
Audio: bars 247-277