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…
The Sydney Youth Orchestras present The Finale featuring the SYO Philharmonic conducted by Brian Buggy OAM and the Sydney Youth Orchestra conducted by Matthew Coorey. The two orchestras will showcase two magnificent works from the orchestral canon, Dvorák’s Carnival Overture op.92 and the Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 by Shostakovich. Dvorák’s Carnival Overture, was…
A performance by Halcyon of a work by Elliot Gyger “From the Hungry Waiting Country “ written for specific voices and harpist, is another finalist in the prestigious 2011 APRA Art Music Performance of the Year category. The winners are to be announced tonight. Part of Halcyon’s 2009 “Extreme Nature” programme, the work brings together Halcyon, harpist Genevieve Lang and…