George Palmer: Recordings


		Mass "Benedictus Qui Venit" – Parish Setting Video: Visit the Official World Youth Day Media Player to view videos of the premiere performance of the Mass "Benedictus Qui Venit". A score and recording of the Parish Setting is available to download here. The recording is by the choirs of St Ignatius College (Riverview) and Loreto Convent (Kirribilli) with organist, Christine Moriarty and conductor, Noel Debien. The recording includes the Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen and Agnus Dei and was engineered by Jonathan Palmer. This recording is to assist congregations to learn the new work. The Parish Setting of the Mass will be introduced for use in parishes throughout Australia from February 2008.
Above: The Attraction of Opposites: The Music of George Palmer.		CD: The Attraction of Opposites: The Music of George Palmer Track listing: • Toccata for Double String Orchestra Listen now: • Movement I [format: MP3 / size: 1.9Mb / duration: 2'04" (excerpt)] • Movement III [format: MP3 / size: 1.1Mb / duration: 1'10" (excerpt)] • Movement IV [format: MP3 / size: 2Mb / duration: 2'06" (excerpt)] • Movement VI [format: MP3 / size: 1.8Mb / duration: 2'00" (excerpt)] [Adrian Bendt (violin solo)] View video now: • Movement V [Length of Video: 1'53"] [Recorded by ABC Classic FM live to air at the Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney] • Waltz 1 (Au Coupe Chou) Listen now: • Waltz 1 (Au Coupe Chou [format: MP3 / size: 2Mb / duration: 2'10" (excerpt)] [Adrian Bendt (violin solo)] • Waltz 2 • Threnody 1 (Supplication) View video now: • Threnody I & The Ruritanian Dances: 3rd Movement [Length of Video: 9'44"] [Recorded by ABC Classic FM live to air at the Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney] • Threnody 2 (Consolation) • Vocalise for Alto Sax Listen now: • Vocalise [format: MP3 / size: 2.8Mb / duration: 3'00" (excerpt)] [Andrew Robson (alto sax), Jonathon Zwartz (bass), Matthew McMahon (piano)] • The Ruritanian Dances Listen now: • Dance 3 [format: MP3 / size: 1.4Mb / duration: 1'31" (excerpt)] View video now: • Threnody I & The Ruritanian Dances: 3rd Movement [Length of Video: 9'44"] [Recorded by ABC Classic FM live to air at the Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney] Performers: The Cove Chamber Orchestra, conductor Stephen Williams. Record Label and Catalogue Number: ABC Classics [ISBN 4762612] Available from: ABC Shop Notes: Following the screening of a very special episode of ABC TV's Australian Story the ABC's switchboards were inundated with requests for a recording of the music composed by the story's subject: Justice George Palmer, a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and a gifted composer. His music is instantly appealing and skilfully crafted. [Source: ABC Classics]
Above: George Palmer – Exaltate Dominum		CD: George Palmer – Exaltate Dominum Track listing: • Mass 'A Child is Born' Listen now: • Processional • Kyrie [format: MP3 / size: 1.8Mb / duration: 2'00" (excerpt)] • Gloria • Alleluia [format: MP3 / size: 1.9Mb / duration: 2'04" (excerpt)] • Credo [format: MP3 / size: 1.9Mb / duration: 2'00" (excerpt)] • Sanctus [format: MP3 / size: 1Mb / duration: 1'06" (excerpt)] • Memorial • Our Father [format: MP3 / size: 1.8Mb / duration: 1'57" (excerpt)] • Agnus Dei [Belinda Montgomery (soprano) and Paul McMahon (tenor)] • Save us, O Lord • Three Psalms Listen now: • Let the people praise You, O Lord (from Psalm 67) • Lord, I love Your commands (from Psalm 118) • The Lord is my Shepherd [format: MP3 / size: 2.1Mb / duration: 2'15" (excerpt)] [Cantor: Andrei Laptev (tenor) and David Drury (organ)] • Prayer of St Ignatius Listen now: • Prayer of St. Ignatius [format: MP3 / size: 1.8Mb / duration: 1'56" (excerpt)] [Performed by Cantillation and Sinfonia Australis, with Jane Sheldon (soprano) and Paul McMahon (tenor), conducted by Paul Stanhope] • The Canticles of Advent Listen now: • Arise and Wake! [format: MP3 / size: 2Mb / duration: 2'15" (excerpt)] • A Lady Fair and Bright • What Ailes My Dear? [format: MP3 / size: 1.8Mb / duration: 2'00" (excerpt)]* • The Bitter Withy [format: MP3 / size: 1.6Mb / duration: 1.45" (excerpt)]** • The Falcon [format: MP3 / size: 1.6Mb / duration: 1'41" (excerpt)] [Alison Morgan (soprano); * Nicole Thompson (soprano)] Performers: Cantillation, Sinfonia Australis, cond. by Paul Stanhope & Philip Chu Record Label and Catalogue Number: ABC Classics (released 2007) Available from: ABC Shop and iTunes Music Store Notes: George Palmer shot to fame after an ABC TV Australian Story about this NSW Supreme Court judge who also composes music. Following the success of his first ABC Classics CD 'The Attraction of Opposites' this sequel shows off his ability to compose in the choral tradition, containing a full scale Mass and several motets and psalms performed by Australia's premier chorus, Cantillation. [Source: ABC Classics]
Private Recording		CD: Letters From A Black Snake Track listing: • Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano – "Letters From A Black Snake" Listen now: • I. Sergeant Babington (4'28") • II. I Have Been Wronged [format: MP3 / size: 2.7Mb / duration: 2'53"] • III. Bullock Creek [format: MP3 / size: 3.1Mb / duration: 3'23"] • IV. The Murder [format: MP3 / size: 4.5Mb / duration: 4'54"] • V. In Conclusion (6'13") [Performed by Douglas Macrae (Baritone) and Jem Harding (piano)] Notes: This song cycle was commissioned by Ernst & Young to mark the opening of a major retrospective of the works of Sidney Nolan, perhaps Australia’s best known artist, and was performed at the New South Wales State Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Victoria. The text is taken from the letters of Ned Kelly, Australia’s most notorious bushranger, who was hanged in Melbourne Gaol in 1880. Nolan identified himself with Kelly and painted a series of pictures of episodes in Kelly’s saga which have become icons of Australian art.
Above: Not Going Quietly: Sydney Omega Ensemble		CD: Not Going Quietly Track listing: • String Quintet – "Not Going Quietly" Listen now: • Movement i [format: MP3 / size: 5.1Mb / duration: 5'35"] • Movement ii [format: MP3 / size: 4.1Mb / duration: 4'25"] • Movement iii [format: MP3 / size: 5.5Mb / duration: 5'57"] Performers: The Sydney Omega Ensemble [Recorded: 16 September, 2007, at Paddington Uniting Church, Sydney, in the presence of Her Excellency The Governor of New South Wales]. Notes: This quintet was written in memory of Aaron McMillan, a brilliant young Australian concert pianist who died of a brain tumor at the age of 30 in 2006. His life was an inspiration to many people and is recorded in a moving and powerful book, "Life In His Hands", by Susan Wyndham (Picador).