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NEW SCULTHORPE AT 80

Phillip Adams talks to SCULTHORPE on ABC Radio National Late Night Live
A conversation with the celebrated Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe on the night of his 80th birthday, 29 April 2009.
Sculthorpe talks about his first introduction to Eastern music as a child in Tasmania and about his determination to succeed as a composer. He describes his relationships with other cultural figures in Australia (Drysdale, Nolan, White) and the lure of Australia's Aboriginal 'Top End', as well as his attraction to Shintoism. He speaks frankly of his experience of clinical depression followed by a five-year burst of creativity.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2009/2553788.htm

Faber Music

Faber Music SCULTHORPE print music editions Main Page:
http://www.fabermusic.com/Composers-Details.aspx?composerid=618

Download Faber Music SCULTHORPE 28-page current colour Brochure (PDF, 217Kb):
http://www.fabermusic.com/resources/pdfs/19-brochure.pdf

Download Faber Music SCULTHORPE current Worklist by genre (PDF, 284Kb):
http://www.fabermusic.co.uk/resources/pdfs/19-worklist.pdf

The Australian Music Centre SCULTHORPE main page

This superb site includes short sound bytes and score extracts from dozens of Sculthorpe's works
http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/sculthorpe-peter

Iconic Irkanda IV in "Sounds of Australia" Registry

The original 1967 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra recording of Sculthorpe's 1961 classic, Irkanda IV, with violin soloist Leonard Dommett and conductor John Hopkins (recorded in 1966) was among the 2008 inductees into the SOUNDS OF AUSTRALIA national registry. It is one of currently 30 historical sound-bites in the National Film and Sound Archive's registry of recordings that celebrate Australia's history and diverse recorded sound culture. Inaugurated in 2007, the registry invites annual nominations for 10 new additions to its list.

The Sounds of Australia homepage with links to 30-second out-takes from all the listed recordings:
http://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/sound/sounds-australia/complete-list/

Also: http://aso.gov.au/titles/music/irkanda-iv/

Writing to Hopkins on first hearing the recording in 1966, Sculthorpe said: "It's exactly the way I wanted it to sound." Originally on a 1967 World Record Club LP, the recording has recently been digitally remastered and rereleased on CD by ABC CLASSICS (476 6338) as part of its boxed set 100 years: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra:] A Celebration in Music.

SCULTHORPE in The Companion to Tasmanian History

Now available as an online resource published by the Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies, University of Tasmania. To access its Sculthorpe page
http://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/S/Sculthorpe.htm

National Library of Australia permanent SCULTHORPE online exhibition

Includes photographs and other visuals covering Sculthorpe's life.
http://www.nla.gov.au/epubs/sculthorpe/

Search Music Australia for SCULTHORPE

scores, recordings and resources in Australian libraries
http://www.musicaustralia.org

ABC Classic FM SCULTHORPE "at 70" permanent online exhibition 1999

Includes photographs, and descriptions and sound bytes from key works
http://www.abc.net.au/classic/sculthorpe/

SCULTHORPE at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra

Sculthorpe is represented in the NPG by Eric Smith's 1982 Archibald Prize winning portrait. The NPG's website hosts a video clip of Sculthorpe, talking about his childhood and about the painting
http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/sculthorpe.php

You can also download and read an interview with Eric Smith talking about his 1982 Sculthorpe portrait on pages 26-27 of the Gallery magazine Portrait 14 (PDF)
http://www.portrait.gov.au/UserFiles/file/Portrait14.pdf

ABC TV's Peter Thompson interviews SCULTHORPE

On "Talking Heads" (17 September 2007) (transcript):
http://www.abc.net.au/talkingheads/txt/s2038458.htm

"Australian Biography" SCULTHORPE interview

The complete video and transcripts of the compelling 1998 Film Australia Australian Biography series SCULTHORPE interview by Robyn Hughes is an invaluable resource especially for secondary and tertiary students studying Sculthorpe's life and music. To access this resource:
http://www.australianbiography.gov.au/subjects/sculthorpe/

As a quick reference, students and others can also download a 4-page study guide (PDF):
http://www.australianbiography.gov.au/subjects/sculthorpe/study.html

Peter Sculthorpe, Nigel Butterley and Miriam Hyde

Composers talk about inspiration (from a 2MBS interview, c.1999)
http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/music/composition/tips/inspiration/comp_tips_inspiration.htm

Graeme Skinner on SCULTHORPE

The website and 'blog of biographer Graeme Skinner, author of Peter Sculthorpe: the making of an Australian composer, includes recent articles about Sculthorpe and his music.
http://www.graemeskinner.id.au/index.html

Sculthorpe on YouTube

Sculthorpe and his music are now very well-represented on YouTube. These authorised videos included complete performances of several works.

National Portrait Gallery: Interview with Peter Sculthorpe (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysascrWdeGo

The Verdehr Trio with Peter Sculthorpe
Authorised extract from the MSU DVD including interview with the composer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9X61DXFZUs

Sydney Singing - Kings Cross (excerpt)
Authorised extract from the SBS DVD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DJidfNPMRY

Requiem for Cello Alone Mvt. I-III (from: cellocorman)
Introit-Kyrie-Qui Mariam (15 April 2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLnIBCJEQBo

Requiem for Cello Alone Mvt. IV-VI
Lacrimosa Libera Mea Lux Aeterna (15 April 2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN6PF3jX2CE

Port Arthur in Memoriam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSWBvYQ54F8

Sonata for Viola & Percussion
Michael McCabe (viola), David Pearson (percussion)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hAhLu8QbG0&f

Into the Dreaming
Lincoln Brady (guitar) with Jan Cocks (poetry reciter) from the Adelaide Spring Classical Guitar Festival, October 1996.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IdXZ_VTfII

Djilile
Wulfin Lieske (solo guitar), 8 May 2007, Herz Jesu Kirche, Cologne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k_Qhn3YSkE

Please note: There are several files on YouTube which reproduce recordings by Ian Munro of Sculthorpe piano pieces, from his Tall Poppies CDs. Unfortunately, these have been uploaded without the approval of either the performer or the record company.