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- Australian composer Ross Edwards has created a unique sound world which seeks to reconnect music with elemental forces and restore such qualities as ritual, spontaneity and the impulse to dance.
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One of Australia’s best known and most performed composers, Ross Edwards AM has created a distinctive sound world aligned with principles of deep ecology while seeking to reconnect music with elemental forces and restore its traditional association with ritual and dance.
Feb 28, 2008 · Edwards begins the interview by recounting the composition of his piano solo Monos II in 1970, the last work he wrote as a student of Peter Maxwell Davies in London, and his last work before a period of near silence spent living in the Yorkshire moors:
- Andrew Robbie
- 2008
- Blame it on his aunt. When Ross Edwards was 13 his Aunt took him to his first-ever concert, played by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with pianist Gordon Watson as the soloist.
- Ross finds his mentor. At 19, feeling confused and overwhelmed, Ross made a “cold call” to his musical hero, the composer Richard Meale, who took his call.
- The well runs dry. In the 1970s, Ross went through a creative dry spell, confused as to what musical direction to take. He not only stopped writing music altogether, but he even stopped listening to it.
- He shocked the modernists. In 1982, Ross’ Piano Concerto no 1 marked a turning point in his career. Its beautiful, harmonious music rejected the avant-garde styles that were prevalent at the time.
Jul 5, 2022 · One of Australia’s best known and most performed composers, Ross Edwards AM has created a distinctive sound world aligned with principles of deep ecology while seeking to reconnect music with elemental forces and restore its traditional association with ritual and dance.
Ross Edwards (b. 1943) Australian composer Ross Edwards has created a unique sound world which seeks to reconnect music with elemental forces and restore such qualities as ritual, spontaneity and the impulse to dance.
Ross Edwards Monos I (extract) TP 075 track 4 (first 3’40 only) Three years after writing Monos I, Ross, you wrote an orchestral work called Mountain Village in a Clearing Mist.
Dec 14, 2018 · Ross Edwards's Symphony Da Pacem Domine was written in the twin shadows of the first Gulf War and the failing health of the most significant Australian conductor of his generation, Stuart Challender (1947–1991). Dedicated to Challender, the work takes its title from the Gregorian plainsong melody Da Pacem Domine [Give Peace, Lord].
