Peter Sculthorpe

The living, indigenous musics of Kakadu National Park, in the north of Australia, and of Torres Strait and beyond, have been a part of my musical language since the late ‘eighties. The incorporation i...

In the first place, Autumn Song was a short work for SATB chorus, written in 1968. The words, by Roger Covell, sing of an autumnal Australian landscape still recovering from the devastation caused by...

In 1989, I made my first visit to Kakadu National Park, in the north of Australia. Looking out across the great floodplains there, I could see the abandoned sites of early white settlement, the Arafur...

This work is an arrangement of the central part of Love 200 (1970), for rock band and orchestra. It acts as a nocturne-like slow movement, the only part of the work in which the rock band is silent. I...

The piano may be amplified. This, however, is necessary only when the work is performed with its companion piece, Landscape I, for amplified piano and pre-recorded tape. Landscape II was commissioned...

The piano may be amplified. This, however, is necessary only when the work is performed with its companion piece, Landscape I, for amplified piano and pre-recorded tape. Landscape II was commissioned...

The Loneliness of Bunjil for string trio was written in Tasmania in 1954 and revised in 1964. A note on the score reads: “In the beginning the Great Spirit Bunjil created the earth and all things in i...

The Loneliness of Bunjil for string trio was written in Tasmania in 1954 and revised in 1964. A note on the score reads: “In the beginning the Great Spirit Bunjil created the earth and all things in i...

Conjuring images not just of the sounds and rhythms of the aboriginal residents but the natural ethos of the landscape as well, the score was as richly colourful as it was faultlessly performed. Danie...

From Nourlangie for string quartet (1994) In 1989, I made my first visit to Kakadu National Park, in the north of Australia. Looking out across the great floodplains there, I could see abandoned sites...

From Nourlangie for string quartet (1994) In 1989, I made my first visit to Kakadu National Park, in the north of Australia. Looking out across the great floodplains there, I could see abandoned sites...

Ubirr is a large rocky outcrop in Kakadu National Park, in northern Australia. It houses some of the best and most varied Aboriginal rock painting in the country. Many of the paintings have been prove...

Ubirr is a large rocky outcrop in Kakadu National Park, in northern Australia. It houses some of the best and most varied Aboriginal rock painting in the country. Many of the paintings have been prove...

The Little Serenade is a song of innocence. It was originally the main theme of the film Age of Consent, directed by Michael Powell in 1968. Shortly before the New York premiere of the film, some part...

The Little Serenade is a song of innocence. It was originally the main theme of the film Age of Consent, directed by Michael Powell in 1968. Shortly before the New York premiere of the film, some par...

This charming 9-minute collection for string quartet comprises two arrangements of songs by George Gershwin: The Man I Love bookended by two versions of Somebody Loves Me.

This charming 9-minute collection for string quartet comprises two arrangements of songs by George Gershwin: The Man I Love bookended by two versions of Somebody Loves Me.