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Jessica Fotinos
Artists of the Australian National Academy of Music
Mondrian Interiors showcases the wonderful talents of seven young musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music under the mentorship of its Artistic Director, Paul Dean. Harpist Jessica Fotinos is featured throughout, joined by mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean for the song cycle. These three works were presented in concert at the Melbourne Recital Centre on 8 May 2014 as part of ANAM’s Australian Voices series.
The Stuart Greenbaum sound has overt connections to jazz, pop and minimalism but goes beyond these important influences: “I often conceive of music in terms of journeys, but I also believe that music should be appreciable as pure, abstract sound in time. Either way, my music aims to evoke an atmosphere apart from the routine of modern life. I believe in the need to cultivate space in a world increasingly filled with commercialism, light and noise pollution and 24/7 thinking. At times, I think we lose a sense of wonderment at our earthly surrounds. Therefore, when I write, I seek an experience in sound to take me beyond mundane imperatives.”
TRACKLISTING
STUART GREENBAUM b.1966
Mondrian Interiors
1 I. The Red Tree
2 II. Tree
3 III. Church at Domburg
4 IV. Oval with Colour Planes
5 V. Chequerboard, Dark Colours
6 VI. Red, Yellow and Blue #1
7 VII. Yellow Lines
8 VIII. Red, Yellow and Blue #2
Four Finalities
9 I. Footsteps
10 II. The Thread
11 III. Unbroken Snow
12 IV. An Empty Room
13 9 Candles for Dark Nights
ANAM MUSICIANS
Jessica Fotinos harp
Lotte Betts-Dean mezzo-soprano
Aidan Boase piano
Dafydd Camp cor anglais
Paul Dean clarinet
Christopher Haycroft bassoon
Cinzia Posega horn
David Reichelt oboe