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2002

  • Touch Wood (2002) a music-dance-theatre work.. Commissioned by IHOS Opera (Hobart) - more info and soundbytes...
  • Thuringowa: from the river to the sea (2002) a site-specific electronic soundscape. Commissioned for the Thuringowa River Festival 2002, Townsville QLD - more info and soundbytes
  • Water for Life (2002) a tone-poem short film. Prizewinner in the WIN TV's Short Film Festival Competition, Thuringowa River Festival 2002, Townsville QLD - more info and QuickTime movie


Concert Works

Thuringowa: from the river to the sea (2002) a site-specific electronic soundscape. Dur c.18'. Commissioned for the Thuringowa River Festival 2002, Pioneer Park, Townsville QLD .

Electronic composition and recording: by Claudio Pompili, Electronic Music Studio of the Department of Music at James Cook University, Townsville. Post-production & engineering: Claudio Pompili.

Performance: premiered at Thuringowa River Festival, Pioneer Park, Townsville, 28 July 2002.

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Section I: The River

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Section II: The Rain

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Section III: The Sea
 

Ridendo vado sul fiume... (1997) for bass flute and percussion (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1997. Commissioned by and dedicated to Kathleen Gallagher. Duration ca.18'.

Performance:premiered by Kathleen Gallagher, bass flute, and Gerard Underwood, percussion, Old Darlington School, University of Sydney, 15 August 2001.

Recording: by Kathleen Gallagher, b.fl., and Gerard Underwood, perc. Recording by Department of Music, Old Darlington School, University of Sydney, 15 August 2001.

 

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Ridendo vado sul fiume... (1997)

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NB: The MIDI file (SMF Type 1 'multitrack') is best played with an XG MIDI module. I use Yamaha MU50. If you have Yamaha's MIDIPlug installed on your Netscape browser you will have a 'virtual' XG module with reverb! The bass flute is set to play back with 'shakuhachi' GM instrument.

 

El grito deja en el viento una sombra de ciprés (1995) for alto saxophone and percussion (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1995. Commissioned by Duo Contemporain. Dedicated to Gianluca Daniele Pompili. Duration ca.3'.

Performance: premiered by Duo Contemporain (Henri Bok, alto sax and Miguel Bernat, percussion), Old Darlington School, Sydney, 27 September 1995.

Recording: by Duo Contemporain. Producer: John Crawford. For CD release. Appendix D, p.18.

Broadcast/telecast: by Duo Contemporain. 'Live-to-air' performance/broadcast presented by John Crawford, New Music Australia, ABC-Classic FM, 4 October 1995.

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El grito deja en el viento una sombra de ciprés

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* Il Chiosco del Limpido Autunno (1993) for baroque flute, marimba and two percussionists; also transcribed for alto sax or oboe or piccolo and percussion (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1993. Duration ca.30'.

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Il Chiosco del Limpido Autunno
 

* Fra l'urlo e il tacere (1994) for bass clarinet (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1994. Dedicated to Henri Bok. Duration ca.24'.

Performance: • Roslyn Dunlop, The University Centre, Sydney, 8 September 1994.
• premiered by Roslyn Dunlop, Madgwick Hall, Armidale, 6 September 1994.

Recording: Roslyn Dunlop (second revision), ABC recording at Eugène Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, 13 September 1994 for CD release. Producer: Susan Shineberg.

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Fra l'urlo e il tacere

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* Il fiore senz'ombra (1993) for clarinet/bass clarinet (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1993. Dedicated in memoriam to Eric Hebborn (1934-1996). Duration ca.6'.

Performance: • Roslyn Dunlop, The University Centre, Sydney, 8 September 1994.
• premiered by Roslyn Dunlop (clarinet/bass clarinet), Madgwick Hall, Armidale, 6 September 1994.

Recording: Roslyn Dunlop, ABC recording at Eugène Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, 13 September 1994 Producer: Susan Shineberg. Recorded on CD Claudio Pompili-SPAZIO (Selve Amiche Publications, Invergowrie) 1996.

Broadcast/telecast: by Roslyn Dunlop. 'Live-to-air' performance/broadcast presented by John Crawford, New Music Australia, ABC-Classic FM, 21 August 1996.

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Il fiore senz'ombra

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Tableau Vivant de Childe Harold (ovvero burlesca Berlioziana) (1993) for string orchestra (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1993. Duration ca.6'. Selected for Australian Chamber Orchestra Composition Workshop Competition.

Performance: workshopped by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Rehearsal Studio, Kings Cross, Sydney, 5 February 1994.

Recording: by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Rehearsal Studio, Kings Cross, Sydney, 5 February 1994.

* El viento lucha a obscuras con tu sueño (1991-93) for bass clarinet (Bb)/alto saxophone, and percussion (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1993. Commissioned by and dedicated to Duo Contemporain. Duration ca.20'.

Performance: premiered by Duo Contemporain (Henri Bok, bass clarinet/alto sax and Miguel Bernat, percussion), Lazenby Hall, Armidale, 18 September 1993.

Recording: • by Duo Contemporain, ABC-FM, Brisbane, 21 September 1993. Producer: Hans May.

• by Duo Contemporain, Lazenby Hall, Armidale, 18 September 1993. Producer: C Pompili. Engineer: Mark Martin. Recorded on CD Claudio Pompili-SPAZIO (Selve Amiche Publications, Invergowrie) 1996.

Broadcast/telecast: by Duo Contemporain. 'Live-to-air' performance/broadcast presented by John Crawford on Random Round, ABC-FM, Brisbane, 21 September 1993.

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El viento lucha a obscuras con tu sueño

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* Ah, amore che se n'andò nell'aria! (1991-4) for clarinet/bass clarinet (Bb), viola and violoncello (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1994. Commissioned by and dedicated to Perihelion. Duration ca.24'.

Performance: premiered by Perihelion, Griffith University, 29 July 1994.

Recording: by Perihelion, ABC-Classic FM, Brisbane, 20 October 1994. Producer: Hans May. For proposed Perihelion CD release.

Broadcast/telecast: by Perihelion and broadcast presented by John Crawford on New Music Australia, ABC Classic FM, Wednesday, 26 May, 1995.

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Ah, amore che se n'andò nell'aria!

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La notte non vuole venire perché tu non venga e io non possa andare (1992) for alto flute in G (ovvero flauto d'amore) (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1992. Dedicated to Brian Byrne. Duration ca.2'.

Performance: premiered by Danièle Burckhardt (then Byrne), private concert, Armidale, 17 July 1992.

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La notte non vuole venire perché tu non venga e io non possa andare
 

Wandrers Nachtlied I and II (1991) for soprano and pianoforte (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1991. Dedicated in memoriam to Isabel Penny. Duration ca.5'.

Performance: • by Felicity Horgan (soprano) and Chris Childs (piano), Earle Page College Dining Hall, Armidale, 9 September 1993.
• by Felicity Horgan (soprano) and Marco Cecchinelli (piano), "Best of Felicity-Live!" Concert, Oratorio di San Filippo, Genova (Italy), 23 January 1993.

• premiered by Felicity Horgan (soprano) and Chris Childs (pianoforte), Lazenby Hall, Armidale, 6 December 1991.

Recording: by Felicity Horgan (soprano) and Chris Childs (pianoforte),Lazenby Hall, Armidale, 6 December 1991. Producer: C Pompili.

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The Patterned Lute (1991-2) for SATB choir (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1992. Duration ca.5'.

* Lo spazio stellato si riflette in suoni (1990) for baroque flute and percussion; also transcribed for bass clarinet and percussion (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1990. Commissioned by Elissa Poole for Strange Companions. In homage to Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Duration ca.26'.

Performance: • Strange Companions, Peterborough, Ontario, 19 December 1990.
• bass clarinet arrangement premiered by Duo Contemporain (Henri Bok, bass clarinet and Evert le Mair, percussion), Second International Bass Clarinet Festival Concert, Conservatorium of Music Recital Hall, Ghent, Belgium, 3 November 1990.

• premiered by Strange Companions (Elissa Poole, baroque flute and Rick Sacks, percussion), Composer Portrait Concert, New Music Series, Premier Dance Theatre, Harbourfront, Toronto, Canada, 28 October 1990.

Recording: • by Strange Companions, for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Toronto, Canada. Producer: David Jaeger. Engineer: David Quinney. Recorded on CD Claudio Pompili-SPAZIO (Selve Amiche Publications, Invergowrie) 1996.

• by Duo Contemporain, Second International Bass Clarinet Festival Concert, Conservatorium of Music Recital Hall, Ghent, Belgium, 3 November 1990. Engineer: C Pompili.

Broadcast/telecast: by Strange Companions. Broadcast presented by David Jaeger on Two New Hours, CBC FM, Canada, 13 January, 1991.

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Lo spazio stellato si riflette in suoni. Baroque flute A=415Hz

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* Scherzo alla Francescana (1990) for double-bass solo (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1990. Commissioned by and dedicated to Francesca Andreoni. Duration ca.3'.

Performance: • by Robert Black at subsequent recitals in North America, 1995.
• premiered by Robert Black, June in Buffalo Composers' Festival , State University of New York at Buffalo, USA, 6 June 1994.

• by Francesca Andreoni, private performance, Armidale, 5 September 1990.

Recording: by Robert Black, June in Buffalo Composers' Festival , State University of New York at Buffalo, USA, 6 June 1994. For CD release.

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Scherzo alla Francescana

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* Zeitfluss (Teuflischer Kontrapunkt) (1985-92) for wind quintet (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1992. Dedicated to Franco Donatoni, Eric Hebborn and Edgar Alegre. Duration ca.18'. Awarded the Adolf Spivakovsky Scholarship for the Composition of Music 1990.

Performance: workshopped by Quintetto Arnold, Italy, January 1993.

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Zeitfluss (Teuflischer Kontrapunkt)
 

 * Songs for Ophelia (1989; rev 1991) for unaccompanied female voice (concert version) (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1991. Dedicated to Meg Mumford. Duration ca.10'.

Performance: • by Felicity Horgan, "Best of Felicity-Live!" Concert, Oratorio di San Filippo, Genova (Italy), 23 January 1993.
• premiered by Felicity Horgan, XIIth National Musicological Conference, Lazenby Hall, Armidale, 24 September 1989.

• workshopped by Meg Mumford and Felicity Horgan, Postgraduate School, Department of Music, UNE-Armidale, 20 July 1989.

Recording: by Felicity Horgan, ABC Classic-FM (Sydney studios), 6 August 1990. Producer: Maureen Cooney. Recorded on CD Claudio Pompili-CANTO (Selve Amiche Publications, Invergowrie) 1996.

Broadcast/telecast: by Felicity Horgan and broadcast presented by John Crawford on Random Round, ABC Classic-FM, 27 February 1991.

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How should I your true love know?
He is dead and gone
White his shroud
Tomorrow is Saint Valentine's Day
And I a maid
Before you tumbled me
They bore him bare-faced
And will 'a not come again?
Songs for Ophelia

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* La Madonna Emigrante (1987; rev 1989) (concert version) for narrator, two actors, musicians and tape (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1989. Duration ca.1hr 15'.

Performance: premiere given by members of the Department of Music and the Italian Division and invited artists at the 1989 April Residential School, Robb College Dining Hall, UNE, Armidale, April 1989.

Recording: Robb College Dining Hall, University of New England, Armidale, April 1989. Producer: C Pompili.

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La Madonna Emigrante

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* Lo specchio del fiore (1988) for transverse baroque flute; also transcribed for alto saxophone (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1988. Dedicated to Elissa Poole. Duration ca.10'.

Performances (selection):
• by Hans-Dieter Michatz, 10th Australian Flute Convention, Conservatorium Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, Brisbane, 4 April 1999.

• by Kathleen Gallagher (member of Coruscations Ensemble),on metal (modern) flute, Lazenby Hall, 28 May 1994.

• by Elissa Poole, Auditoria I, De La Casa De La Cultura, Mexico City, Mexico, 11 December 1993.

• playing of the ARTIFACT CD at opening of oriental ceramics exhibition entitled D'Inverno I Kaki, Bamboo Art Studio, Genova, Italy, 10 November 1990.

• by Elissa Poole, Composer Portrait Concert, New Music Series, Premier Dance Theatre, Harbourfront, Toronto, Canada, 28 October 1990.

• by Henri Bok (alto saxophone version), tour of Thailand, September 1990.

• by Henri Bok (alto saxophone version), in Verbruggen Hall, NSW Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, April 1990.

• by Elissa Poole, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 28 June 1989. Appendix D, pp.20-21.

• premiered in North America by Elissa Poole, Recital Hall, University of British Colombia School of Music, 27 November, 1988; as part of repertoire, major North American tour, 1988. Appendix D, pp.22-31.

• premiered by Elissa Poole, Lazenby Hall, Armidale, 19 June 1988.

Recording: • by Henri Bok (alto saxophone version), Verbruggen Hall, NSW Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, recorded by ABC Classic-FM, April 1990. Appendix F, p.13.

• by Elissa Poole. CD Strange Companions: New Music for Baroque Flute and Percussion (ARTIFACT, Toronto) 1991.

Broadcast/telecast: • by Henri Bok (alto saxophone version) and broadcast presented by John Crawford on Random Round, ABC Classic-FM, April/May 1990.

• by Elissa Poole and broadcast presented by David Jaeger on Two New Hours, CBC FM, Canada, 13 January 1990.

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Lo specchio del fiore. Baroque flute A=415Hz

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Fan Tales (1986) tape collage (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1986. Dedicated to Anne-Marie Con-Sing Satta. Duration 24'.

Performance: premiered at Fantails Art Exhibition, Bamboo Art Studio, Genova, Italy, April 1986.

* Citlalin Tlamina (1985-86; rev 1991) for flute, clarinet, violin and violoncello (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1991. Dedicated to Felicity Horgan. Duration ca.13'. Selected as a Finalist in the 1989 International Composition Competition (Miami, Florida).

Performance: • by Coruscations ensemble (Amanda Chominsky, fl; Catherine Playoust, cls; Kirsty Beilharz, vln; Judith French, vc; Elliott Gyger, conductor), Old Darlington School, University of Sydney, 4 December 1993.
• premiered by Symeron (Laura Chislett, fl; Roslyn Dunlop, cl; Nicola Lewis, vln; Zoltán Szabó, vc), Joseph Post Auditorium, Sydney, 31 August 1991.

• workshopped by Musica d'Oggi, XVIIIth Festival delle Nazioni di Musica da Camera, Città di Castello, Italy, 29 September 1985.

Recording: • by Coruscations, Old Darlington School, University of Sydney, 4 December 1993. Engineer: Gordon Munro.

• by Symeron, ABC Classic-FM, Joseph Post Auditorium, Sydney, 31 August 1991. Producer: Owen Chambers. Recorded on CD Claudio Pompili-CANTO (Selve Amiche Publications, Invergowrie) 1996.

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Citlalin Tlamina

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* The Polymnia Triptych: Preludio; Toccata; Elegia (1981-86; rev 1996) for soprano, flute/piccolo/alto flute, clarinet/alto clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, violoncello, two pianoforte/synthesizer and two percussion (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1986. Dedicated in memoriam to Zora Poberaj, died 1982. Total duration ca.30'. The Elegia selected by the Australian Jury of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) as a submission for the 1990 World Music Days.

Performance: • the complete work premiered by Newman Sinfonietta/Chris Childs, Newman College Chapel, The University of Melbourne, 31 August 1996.
• Preludio premiered by Seeds Ensemble (Jennifer Newsome, fl; Nigel Sabin, cl; Monique Curiel, vln; Robert Penny, vc; Rodney Smith, piano; Stefan Ammer, piano; John White, perc; Adrianne Badcock, perc)/Malcolm Fox), Elder Hall, Adelaide, 2 April 1984.

Recording: • premiered by Newman Sinfonietta/Chris Childs (revised version), Newman College Chapel, The University of Melbourne, 31 August 1996. Producer: Claudio Pompili. Recording engineer: Marc Pompili.

• Preludio by Seeds Ensemble/Malcolm Fox, Elder Hall, Adelaide, 2 April 1984. Producer: C Pompili. For CD release.

• Newman Sinfonietta/Chris Childs, ABC Classic-FM, Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre, Melbourne, 4 September 1996. Producer: Lydia Warren. Recording engineer: Garry Havrillay. For subsequent 'live' broadcast (John Crawford's New Music Australia programme). Recorded on CD Claudio Pompili-CANTO (Selve Amiche Publications, Invergowrie) 1996.

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The Polymnia Triptych: Preludio; Toccata; Elegia

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* Medieval Purity in a Bed of Thorns (1981-84) computer generated composition (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1984. Duration 9'55".

Performance: • New Audience Concert Series, The University of Melbourne, October 1983.
• Elder Hall, November 1984.

• premiered, Adelaide Festival of Arts Concert, Elder Hall, Adelaide, March 1982

Recording: Recorded in CD Anthology of Australian Music on Disc (Canberra School of Music) 1989. Appendix C, pp.2-3.

Broadcast/telecast: broadcast presented by Jaroslav Kovaricek on Acoustica Nova, ABC-FM. March 1981 and 24 August 1984.

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Fanfara per Organo (1982; rev 1986) for solo pipe organ (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1986. Dedicated to Maria-Antonietta Innocenzi. Duration ca.7'.

Performance: • by Ashleigh Tobin, Elder Hall, Adelaide, 24 October 1987.
• premiered by Antonella Barbarossa, Chiesa di S. Domenico, L'Aquila, Italy, 28 May 1986.

Recording: • by Ashleigh Tobin, Elder Hall, Adelaide, 24 October 1987. Producer: C Pompili. For CD release.

• by Antonella Barbarossa, Chiesa di S. Domenico, L'Aquila, Italy, 28 May 1986. Producer: C Pompili.

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L'Isola (1986) for solo trumpet (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1986. Dedicated to Konradin Groth. Duration ca.5'.

* String Quartet no.1 (1982; rev 1986-7; 1991-2) (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1992. Dedicated to Simon Rowland-Jones. Duration ca.14'. Selected by the Australian Jury of the International Society for Contemporary Music as a submission for the 1984 World Music Days.

Performance: • by Deborah Fox, Deborah Goodall, Simon Collins, William Howard (revised version), Sports Pavilion, St Kevin's College, Melbourne, 31 July 1992.
• premiered by the Festival String Quartet (Bogden Kaczemiercek, vln; Deborah Fox, vln; Colin Warrender, vla; William Howard, vc), Composers' Collective Concert, Elder Hall, Adelaide, 22 July 1982.

Recording: • by Deborah Fox, Deborah Goodall, Simon Collins, William Howard (revised version), Sports Pavilion, St Kevin's College, Melbourne, 31 July 1992. Producer and Engineer: Paul Mack. Recorded on CD Claudio Pompili-CANTO (Selve Amiche Publications, Invergowrie) 1996.

• by the Festival String Quartet, Composers' Collective Concert, Elder Hall, Adelaide, 22 July 1982. Producer: C Pompili. Released on audio cassette Composers' Collective Vol.I 1983. For CD release.

Broadcast/telecast: • by Deborah Fox, Deborah Goodall, Simon Collins, William Howard (revised version), Sports Pavilion, St Kevin's College, Melbourne, 31 July 1992. Producer and Engineer: Paul Mack. Broadcast on 3MBS-FM, August 1992.

• by the Festival String Quartet. Broadcast presented by Jaroslav Kovaricek on Acoustica nova, ABC-FM, July 1982 and 1988, and Radio 5UV Adelaide, 1988.

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String Quartet no.1

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* Trece for pianoforte (1981; rev 1988-90) (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1990. Duration ca.8'.

Performance: • by Stephen Manes (USA), St Ursula's Chapel, Armidale, 4 April 1995.
• by Peter Maddox (revised version), Madgwick Hall, Armidale, 11 May 1990.

• premiered by Graham Tyler, Composers' Collective Concert, Elder Hall, University of Adelaide, 22 July 1982.

Recording: • by Stephen Manes (USA), St Ursula's Chapel, Armidale, 4 April 1995. Producer: C Pompili. Engineer: Mark Martin.

• by Stephen Manes (USA), Armidale, 4 April 1995. Producer: C Pompili. Engineer: Mark Martin. Studio recording for CD release.

• by Richard Peter Maddox (revised version), ABC (Sydney studios), 6 August 1990. Producer: Maureen Cooney. Recorded on CD Claudio Pompili-CANTO (Selve Amiche Publications, Invergowrie) 1996.

• by Graham Tyler, Composers' Collective Concert, Elder Hall, University of Adelaide, 22 July 1982. Producer: C Pompili. Concert recording for CD release.

Broadcast/telecast: by Richard Peter Maddox and broadcast presented by John Crawford on Random Round, ABC Classic FM, 27 February 1991.

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Trece

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* Bubbles (1981; rev 1982-4) computer-generated composition (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1984. Duration ca.6'.

Recording: premiered at Elder Hall, University of Adelaide, in a concert presented by Tristram Cary, September 1981. Producer: C Pompili.

Capriccio for solo viola (1981; rev 1986-92) (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1992. Dedicated to Simon Rowland-Jones. Duration ca.5'.

Performance: • Revised version at request of Errol Russell, for concert performance and use for HSC students' performance exams, Armidale, October 1992.
• premiered by Barbara Hornung, Composers' Collective Concert, Elder Hall, Adelaide, 22 July 1982.

• second movement premiered by Simon Rowland-Jones, Composer's Workshop, The University of Adelaide, 1982.

Recording: • by Simon Rowland-Jones, Composer's Workshop, The University of Adelaide, 1982. Producer: C Pompili. For CD release.

• by Barbara Hornung, Composers' Collective Concert, Elder Hall, Adelaide, 22 July 1982. Producer and Engineer: C Pompili.

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* Space Invaders-for the birds (1981) tape composition (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1981. Duration ca.5'.

Performance: • at the Prospects for the Future exhibition, Prospect Council (Adelaide), November 1983.
• at the Stirling Festival Concert, SA, November 1983

• premiered at Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide, April 1981.

Broadcast/telecast: broadcast on 5MMM, Adelaide, March 1984.

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Submerged-re-run of a bad dream (1981) tape work (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1981. Duration ca.5'.

Performance: premiered at Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide, April 1981.

Three Miniatures for piano (1980). Duration ca.5'.

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Three Miniatures

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Trio for violin, double-bass and classical guitar (1980; rev 1983; 1990) (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1990. Duration ca.4'.

Annabel Lee (1979; rev 1990) for mezzo-soprano and classical guitar (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1990. Duration ca.2'.

Performance: premiered by Felicity Horgan (soprano) and Stephen Tafra (guitar), Lazenby Hall, Armidale, 7 December 1990.

Recording: by Felicity Horgan (soprano) and Stephen Tafra (guitar), Lazenby Hall, Armidale, 7 December 1990. Producer: C Pompili.

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Schubert's Ave Maria (1979; rev 1986). Duration ca.4'. Arrangement for female voice and classical guitar.

Performance: • numerous subsequent performances. in Australia and Italy.
• premiered by Felicity Horgan (soprano) and Claudio Pompili (guitar), Civic Centre, Tea Tree Gully (Adelaide), December 1981.
 
 

Duo (1979) for flute and classical guitar. Duration ca.3'.

Performance: premiered by Jennifer Hore (mezzo-soprano) and Claudio Pompili (guitar),Recital Room, Flinders Street School of Music, Adelaide, December 1979.

Recording: by Jennifer Hore (mezzo-soprano) and Claudio Pompili (guitar), Recital Room, Flinders Street School of Music, Adelaide, December 1979. Producer: C Pompili.

 


Theatrical Works

*Touch Wood (2002) a music-dance-theatre work utilising electroacoustic and composition/sound design for mixed-media performance - 14 singers, instrumental ensemble (clars, vc, percussion) - (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 2002. Text s by Juha Vanhakartano and Claudio Pompili. Duration ca.45mins.

Performances:
• premiered by IHOS Opera (Hobart) and directed by Juha Vanhakartano, set-design by Feruu, IHOS Music Theatre Laboratory, Peacock Theatre, Salamanca Arts Centre, May 23-26 2002.

Recordings:

• 'Live' recording, Peacock Theatre, Salamanca Arts Centre, May 23-26 2002. Recording Engineer & Producer: Greg Gurr and Claudio Pompili.

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*The Last Child...flight of the swallows (2000) a vox-opera-club-cabaret and mixed-media/electroacoustic and composition/sound design for mixed-media performance - singer, eight classical and jazz musicians, a DJ, a dancer - (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 2000. Text by Linda Marie Walker. Duration ca.1hr.

Performances:
• directed by Teresa Crea of doppio-parallelo. Music performance led by Julian Ferraretto and Libby O'Donovan with acid funk band, Brewed, 11th Sydney Spring: International Festival of New Music, The Studio, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, 11-12 August 2000;

• premiered and directed by Teresa Crea of doppio-parallelo. Music performance led by Julian Ferraretto and Libby O'Donovan with acid funk band, Brewed, 2000 Telstra Adelaide Festival, Cargo Club, Adelaide, 3-18 March 2000.

Vocalist

Libby O'Donovan

Violin

Julian Ferraretto

Violin

Belinda Gehiert

Trombone

Dave Palmer

Keyboard

Deanna Djuric

Double Bass

Kory Horwood

Percussion

Thorn Mann

DJ

Stephen Disisto

Recordings:

• 'Live' recording, The Studio, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, 11-12 August 2000. Recording Engineer & Producer: Claudio Pompili.

• 'Live' recording, Cargo Club, Adelaide, 3-18 March 2000. Recording Engineer & Producer: Claudio Pompili.

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The Last Child

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* Songs for Ophelia (1989) for unaccompanied female voice (dramatic) and including sound design for the play, Hamlet (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1989. Dedicated to Meg Mumford. Duration of the Songs, ca.10'.

Performance: • by Meg Mumford, XIIth National Musicological Conference, Lazenby Hall, Armidale, 24 September 1989.
• premiered by Meg Mumford (staged/dramatic version), Drama Studio, Department of Theatre Studies, UNE, 5 June 1989, as part of the larger play, Hamlet, directed by Geoff Borny.

Recording: 'Director's Video' recording, Department of Theatre Studies. Producer: Geoffrey Borny.

Broadcast/telecast: by Meg Mumford and Felicity Horgan excerpts broadcast by Ivan Lloyd, ABC Radio National programme: The Australian Music Show, 16 October 1989.

 
 

* La Madonna Emigrante (1987) incidental music for brass ensemble, concert band and itinerant folk ensemble (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1987. Duration ca.1hr 25'. Commissioned and realised by Doppio Teatro (Adelaide) 1987. Click here to go to soundbyte sample

Performance: premiered by Doppio Teatro (staged/dramatic version), 1987 Adelaide Italian Festival, Norwood Oval, 24-25 October 1987.
 
 

* Just Call Me Jo (1987) real-time collage for digital drum machine and prepared tape as incidental music for the play (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1987. Duration ca.1hr 10'. Commissioned and realised by Doppio Teatro (Adelaide), 1987.

Performance: • premiere season by Doppio Teatro (staged/dramatic version) for the Adelaide Secondary High Schools Come Out Festival tour, February-March, 1987. Appendix D, p.16.

• invited to perform the play at the ASSITEJ International Youth Theatre Conference, Adelaide, March 1987.

 
 

The Misanthrope (1987) sound designer in the theatrical production, staged by The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild, 1987.

Performance: premiere season (staged/dramatic version) by The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild, July 1987.

 


Film Soundtracks, Videos and Miscellaneous

Water for Life (2002) a tone-poem short film. Dur 4:44. Based on Nancy Martin's recollections of her round-the-world trip set against nocturnal images of Townsville's beach. Prizewinner in the WIN TV's Short Film Festival Competition, Thuringowa River Festival 2002, Townsville QLD.

Video Recording: by Claudio Pompili with assistance from Michael Whiticker, Townsville. Post-production: Claudio Pompili with assistance from Michael Whiticker.

Screening: premiered at Thuringowa River Festival, Pioneer Park, Townville, 28 July 2002.

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* The Last Child...flight of the swallows (2000) graphic score of the vox-opera-club-cabaret for mixed-media/electroacoustic performance - singer, eight classical and jazz musicians, a DJ, a dancer - (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 2000. Text by Linda Marie Walker. Duration ca.1hr.

Exhibition: "Verve: The Other Writing", Contemporary Art Centre of SA, Adelaide Festival of Arts, 3-26 March 2000.
 
 

Lo spazio stellato si riflette in suoni... (1990) for baroque flute and percussion soundtrack for Tina, the Warrior Hair Stylist (1999), short film by Simon Luckhurst. Arena Cable TV Channel Competition Entrant. 1999.

 
 

* La Madonna Emigrante (1992) radio music drama based on the original play and music (Australian Music Centre, Sydney) 1992. Commissioned by the Audio Arts Department, ABC, and performed by Doppio Teatro. Duration ca.50'. It was selected as a finalist in the Drama Section, 1993 New York International Radio Festival.

Recording: by Doppio Teatro, the Audio Arts Department, ABC, Collinswood (Adelaide). Producer: Keith Richards. Engineer: Mike Ladd. For CD release.

Broadcast/telecast: • by Doppio Teatro and broadcast by ABC-Radio National on 28 April 1996.

• by Doppio Teatro and broadcast by ABC-Radio National on 1 August 1993.

• by Doppio Teatro and broadcast by ABC-Radio National on 3 January 1993.

 
 

Composing Now! external teaching video for telecast on SBS. The central element of the video is a discussion and performance of Lo specchio del fiore (1988) by Elissa Poole. Duration ca.25'.

Recording: by Elissa Poole, The University of New England and St Patrick's Orphanage, Armidale. Produced by Distance Education Centre, UNE, 1989. Engineer: Steve Di Luzio.

Broadcast/telecast: • by Elissa Poole in numerous subsequent telecasts on SBS.

• by Elissa Poole and first telecast on SBS on 23 November 1989
 
 

The Masters' Apprentice: Claudio Pompili, ABC-Radio National program. A two-part series drawing on his own music and highlighting the music of the composers with whom he studied, in both Australia and Italy.

Recording: by C Pompili at studios of 2-ARM Community FM Radio, Armidale, 1989.

Broadcast/telecast: • by C Pompili and broadcast on ABC-Radio National's program Australia Wide,1989.

• by C Pompili and broadcast on Armidale Community Radio 2ARM-FM in February and June 1989.
 
 

The Visible Arm (1981), with Steve Matters. Computer and electronic soundtrack. Stella Productions Ltd. 1981. Duration ca.1hr. (50% contribution).

 
 

* Vandalism (1981), with Steve Matters. Computer and electronic soundtrack. Stella Productions Ltd and the SA Film Corporation. 1981. Duration ca.1hr. (50% contribution).


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