CD Review: From The Hungry Waiting Country / Halcyon / Elliot Gyger

CD Review: From The Hungry Waiting Country / Halcyon / Elliot Gyger

From the Hungry Waiting Country is a new release by Halcyon, performing the music of contemporary Australian composer, Elliot Gyger. Released on the Tall Poppies label, it contains three works by Gyger, Giving Voice (2012), Petit Testament (2008) and the cycle from which the disc takes its title, From the Hungry Waiting Country (2006). Halcyon’s…

Ensemble Vinifera Showcases Women Composers

Ensemble Vinifera Showcases Women Composers

Ensemble Vinifera performs in the popular Prelude in Tea series at the Independent Theatre, North Sydney with The Female of the Species, highlighting the work of women composers spanning the early 19th century through to the present day. The featured work is Ensemble Vinifera’s first commissioned work from Sydney composer Jessica Wells. Vinifera will also be…