Composers and Authors
Flamingo Sunrise
By May Howlett
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$18.00
Solo piano, c.4'00. Suggested grade 7
Smoothly performed chords in Latin-American rhythms alternate with more jazzy elements. Composed 2015
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ISMN 9790720151861
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Flute Odyssey - CD
By Various Composers
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$25.00
Flute and piano works performed by Emma Knott and David Miller. Works by all Australian composers include: Amanda Handel, May Howlett, Betty Beath, John Spence, Houston Dunleavy, Steve Clark, Ann Carr-Boyd and John Terry. Print music for all works are available online.
Wirr 016
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1 Moonlight Mirage
Moonlight Mirage (Amanda Handel) [2-3]
2 Blinding Moon
3 Dream Tune
Wings of the Wind (May Howlett) [4-6]
4 Thermals
5 Mistral
6 Ah! Sirocco
7 Night Moods (Betty Beath)
8 Hymn to the 89th Constellation (John Spence)
9 Sideling Hill (Houston Dunleavy)
10 Phryg Magnet (Steve Clark)
Suite for Flute and Piano (Ann Carr-Boyd) [11-14]
11 Prelude
12 Badinerie
13 American Dream
14 Toccata
15 Flootin' About (John Terry)
From Forgotten Stars
By May Howlett
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$15.00
Solo violin, c.5'50This is a concert piece with compositional interest in the numbers 2 and 9, the concept of which evolved from remarks made in an interview on contemporary cosmology by astro-phycisist Stephen Hawking.
Recorded on "Celebrating May" by Rotraud Schneider, violin, (Wirr 058) available online
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ISMN M7200724944
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Girl on the Merry-go-round, The
By May Howlett
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$8.00
Solo piano, c. 1'50, Grade 2The mirrors flashing reflections of the painted horses, the creaking of the mechanism as the horses rose and fell, punctuating the hurdy-gurdy waltz music, all contributed to the magic of the ride on the merry-go-round
Composed 2017
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ISMN 9790720159157
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Ikons
By May Howlett
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$95.00
Chamber music, c7' 50. Advanced
In the words of the composer; "Having visited monasteries from famous Meteora in Greece poised, to escape hundreds of years of marauding hordes, on the top of a needle-point mountain hundreds of feet above the valley below, to Saint. Catherine’s monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai on the Arabian peninsula, built in the territory of, and protected by, the Bedouin, I can attest to the fact that this world remains intact within the Monastery’s walls. Composed 2000
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ISMN 9790720167855
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Invisible Lake, The
By May Howlett
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$100.00
Orchestral, c.8.00A reflection on the mysterious, irrepressible life force underlying the flow of years, which deal out renewal of life to some, and others, depredation and death. Written in Arch form. Composed 2007
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- The Invisible Lake - sheet music
- The Invisible Lake - Mvt I - audio
- The Invisible Lake - Mvt II - audio
ISMN 9790720115184
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Island Song
By May Howlett
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$80.00
Solo mezzo-soprano, horn, percussion and piano, c.17'45. Advanced gradeAn elder narrates the story of the life cycle on an imaginary island situated on the turbulent Pacific Rim. Lyrics by May Howlett. Composed 2013
I. Beginning (a volcanic island is born)
II. Living (the days of youth recalled)
III. Ending?
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ISMN 9790900979629
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Jeux à Deux
By May Howlett
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$50.00
Scored for two pianos, c.6'40. Grade 8 and above.A playful conversation between two pianos - echoes the games people play, chasing each other in a display of various styles, moods and modes. Different musical genres, from the elegant waltz, to a raunchy slow boogie are wrapped in a fabric of contemporary tonal themes, the main protagonists in these “games”. Composed 1988.
Two scores for hard copy purchase
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ISMN 9790720140582
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Lady Huang's Album - CD
By Diana Weston, Michael Tsalka
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$25.00
Music for one or two harpsichords.
New music from Australia and the Americas for one and two harpsichords. For those who love harpsichords and think they should have a life in the present, here is the CD for you. Harpsichordist Michael Tsalka has a world-wide reputation and well-known Australian harpsichordist Diana Weston both had many of the works dedicated to them. Recorded courtesy of Western Sydney University at the instigation of composer Diana Blom whose work lends its name to the CD.
Review by Pamela Hickman
Wirr 087
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1 Tilting at Windmills (May Howlett)
2 Variations on a Ground (Gabriele Toia)
3 Green Leaf for Elke (Elena Kats-Chernin)
4 Sonatine (Max Yount)
5 Lady Huang's Album (Diana Blom)
6 Crimson Rosella (Ann Carr-Boyd)
7 Tocatta (Leonardo Coral)
8 Underground Currents (Benjamin Thorn)
9 Capricho (Pablo Escande)
Lahara's Stream
By May Howlett
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$15.00
For violoncello and piano, c.3'30Dark and brooding in the twilight, the river at Lahara ran swiftly - a metaphor, perhaps for tides of life that carry us beyond our dreams.
Composed 1978 rev 2013.
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ISMN 9790720133928
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Little Serenade, A
By May Howlett
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$20.00
Tenor trombone and piano, c.3'30. Grade 6-7
Composed 2007
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May in Black and White
By May Howlett
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$25.00
A collection of piano works by May Howlett recorded by the Italian pianist and well known on the International stage, Alessandra Garosi. May's piano compositions have been in popular demand for many years and demand an astute pianistic ability because as Larry Sitsky once said in relation to her work, "There's always a sting in the tail". Alessandra lives in Tuscany and has studied and performed many times in Australia.Wirr072
Sheet music of most works are available online
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At the Circus [1-3]
1 Parade 2 Catherine Wheels
3 The Pink Ballerina on a White Horse
Salutes to the Sun [4-6]
4 Corona: A Halo for the Sung
5 A Cicada's Hymn to the Sun
6 Cathedrals of Flame
Kryptiques[7-12]
7 One Down 8 Two Down
9 Two Across 10 Three Down
11 Three Across 12 Four Across
Waves [13-15]
13 Ripples
14 In the Keep of Davey Jones
15 Tides
Stimmungen [16-21]
16 Prelude 17 Heavy and Light
18 Cloches 19 Loud and Soft
20 In the Groove 21 Back to Square One
The Bundanon Suite [22-24]
22 Boyds' River
23 Shoalhaven Twilight with Wombats
24 Riversdale Reach
Passing the Tower of Agrievements [25-27]
25 Toccata 26 Elegy 27 Furioso
