Written for a wind symphony, this piece closely follows the poem of the same name written by Charles Harpur (1813-1868). The poem is a day in the life of the poet, from pre-dawn early light through to a starry evening moon rise. You will hear bird calls along with their...

With the gothic drama of Coleridge and Wordsworth’s observance of nature, the poem tells of a lone boy’s afternoon, in charge of a herd, whilst witnessing a terrifying thunderstorm.  Capturing the sights and sounds of the Australian bush in amongst the mountains it contains references to various birdcalls, a bullfrog...

The Hound of Heaven is an instrumental classical work made up of five movements closely following the emotional arch of the famous five stanza poem of the same name by Francis Thompson which was written in the late 19th Century. It is highly programmatic and is scored for bassoon, string...

Written for the Flinders Quartet as a response to Beethoven's Grosse Fugue, this quartet integrates two themes of Beethoven's. The first is the opening theme from his Grosse Fugue fragmented into its pairs of semitones (which I've called the fractured theme) and the second is the melody from the prayer...

This piece was written as a tone poem based on Miriam Wei Wei Lo's poem "A Few Thoughts on Multiple Identity". Miriam describes the struggle with having multiple cultural identities as two rivers. As you can see in the poem that follows, there are two poems describing two rivers and...

Miriam Wei Wei Lo's poem is not a placid description of place but a journey of longing and wrestling with homesickness. It explores multiple cultural identities and Christian faith. Home is also described as 'not yet' and 'now'; an ideal and an incomplete reality; found with people and in a...

On ear and ear two noises too old to end Trench—right, the tide that ramps against the shore; With a flood or a fall, low lull-off or all roar, Frequenting there while moon shall wear and wend.   Left hand, off land, I hear the lark ascend, His rash-fresh re-winded...