SEAN O'BOYLE

SEAN O'BOYLE
RIVERSYMPHONY
CONCERTO FOR DIDGERIDOO (2007)
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Australian composer and conductor, Sean O’Boyle, has conducted recordings and concerts with many leading Australian and international orchestras, including the Adelaide, West Australian, Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, Barrier Reef Orchestra, The Queensland Orchestra, Dortmund Konzert, Lexington Philharmonic, Auckland Philharmonia, Malaysian Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria. His compositions have been performed by all the major Australian orchestras; by European Orchestras including Berlin Philharmonic & BBC Concert Orchestra and by North American orchestras including the Dallas, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.
Two world premiere recordings are presented in this new CD from Australian composer Sean O'Boyle. The pieces take listeners on a spiritual journey through the unique Australian landscape, expressing its forms and life in music. The Concerto for Didgeridoo was inspired by didgeridoo player William Barton, the soloist in this recording, who provided O'Boyle with the rhythms on which the piece is based. River Symphony symbolises the rivers of the world by telling the story of the Brisbane River and the eternal cycles of birth, death and renewal. Hardly essential but nice enough to lay ears on it plus, it's always nice to hear a new "voice" in classical music and O'Boyle sure is a promising one.

Concerto For Didgeridoo
1 Earth
2 Wind
3 Water
4 Fire
Riversymphony
5 Storm Clouds Gather
6 Memory Of The Sea
7 Riverflow To Angry Waters
8 Dolphin, Platypus And Fish Dart In The Shallows
9 A New Purpose
10 Memory Of The Sea, Riverflow And River Of Life
11 River, Cities And Pollution
12 Lament For The River And Triumphant Return To The Sea