Peter Sculthorpe

Discover two enchanting piano pieces full of atmosphere and character: With "Two Easy Pieces: Sea Chant & Left Bank Waltz", Faber Music presents a wonderful sheet music edition for pianists seeking ac...

Peter Sculthorpe brings you 'Three Pieces for Piano', which consists of, Djilie, Calllaboma and Simori. This is prepared for the solo piano.

'A Little Book of Hours' draws together six pieces for the elementary pianist. Beautifully evocative and with powerful simplicity, the pieces reflect on a day in the life of Aboriginal people, journey...

Into the Dreaming'Sculthorpe's extraordinary ability to make even the simplest idea generate an almost tactile atmosphere which resonates long in the memory is at its most potent here. 'Cd Review (Sim...

Peter Sculthorpe's The Song of Tailitnama borrows from a culture - that of the Australian Aboriginal. . . and does so with a reverence and sense of wonder. Roger Covell, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 J...

Instrumentation: perc(2): tam-t/water gong/ch.cym/crot/ch.bell tree/bongos/timb/music sticks/guiro/wood chimes/sand block

Instrumentation: flamenco gtr.3 acoustic gtr.4 elec gtr.bgtr - string quartet

Instrumentation: 0000 - (2)100 - perc(1): chime/tam-t - strings (trumpet may be replaced by an oboe)

Djilile was commissioned by the South Bank Centre for the Purcell Tercentenary. As a schoolboy, I was so excited when I first heard the “Lament” from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, that I wrote several wo...

I first met the Brodsky Quartet at the Dartington International Summer School in 1993. Mike, Ian, Paul and Jacqueline were preparing for a concert of my music, and we quickly established a firm friend...

Instrumentation: fl - perc(2): guiro/sandblock/wood chimes/mcas/bongos/ch.cym/music sticks/timb/tam-t - vln.vlc

Instrumentation: cl - perc(1): bongos/2 conga/tam-t/BD/ch.cym - 2 gtr - vln.db

With the 'Little Suite for Strings', the renowned publisher Faber Music presents an enchanting work for string orchestra that captivates through tonal refinement, elegance, and musical charm. This met...

This work was written especially for the 1994 Vale of Glamorgan Festival. Marked Con pietà, it consists of an introduction played by the first cello, followed by two statements of the chorale. While t...

Djilile was commissioned by the South Bank Centre for the Purcell Tercentenary. As a schoolboy, I was so excited when I first heard the “Lament” from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, that I wrote several wo...

Instrumentation: 0.2.ca(or cl, or vlc).0.0.(cbsn) - 4000, or 3010, or 2020, or 0220 - perc(1): tam-t/susp.cym/BD - strings Djilile for chamber orchestra This is one of a number of landscape-inspired w...

This work recalls my childhood in a small village outside Launceston, in Tasmania. I spent many hours swimming in the nearby river, the North Esk. There, while swimming, I often dreamed of being a com...