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Deep Purple toured Australia in 2001 with a horn section – hear Perfect Strangers
RECORDINGS
Mark Isham score for big band and orchestra – recorded in Munich in 1992. Hear a selection of the tracks
The Martin Luther Suite / NDR Big Band – hear Partrem
On A Clear Day – Joe Pass with the NDR Big Band (recorded in 1992)
Voodoo Voodoo from Inga Rumpf's 1994 album Fifty-Fifty
Burnt Friedman – Fly Your Kite (2003)
The Australian Chamber Orchestra perform the music of the Weimar Republic – presented by and featuring Barry Humphries and Meow Meow. Australian tour in 2013 – watch the trailer
World premiere of Wolfgang Rihm's Die Eroberung von Mexico – Hamburg Staatsoper conducted by Ingo Metzmacher. CD live recording 1992.
Miles Davis – Prince of Darkness. A tribute performance by the Australian Art Orchestra, Adelaide Festival 2012
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. This production – directed by Michael Hampe – was Germany's gift to Australia in 1988. Opera Australia / Mackerras
ON STAGE
Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music 2017: Argonaut Ensemble performing Beyrouth15072006 by Adam Maor. “Particular commendation must be given to trombonist Charles MacInnes [who] performed his part with virtuosity and stamina.”
Simone Maurer in Partial Durations.
Hear the performance
The Black Rider by Tom Waits. Victorian Opera at the Malthouse Theatre in 2017.
“And the musicians can't be praised enough. Under Phoebe Briggs, the hobo orchestra has mastered every eclectic influence on Waits' score: it plays gloriously, often using multiple instruments in kinky combinations.”
Cameron Woodhead, Sydney Morning Herald (read the whole review)