Instrumentation

1.1.1.1.ca.bcl.1.cbsn - 4.2.2.btrbn.1 - timp - perc(1):glsp/vib/drum kit:(4 cym/2 wdbl/3 c.bell/SD/3 tom-t/floor tom/pedal BD/whip/ratchet/small drum/high timb or bongo/3 gong/tam-t/BD) - strings - CD playback

Availability

Score and parts for hire

Reviews

'…the most compelling few minutes of indigenous-inspired fast music to come from any white Australian…' The Sydney Morning Herald (Graeme Skinner), 7 April 2008

‘Kalkadungu…marks a new development. They have succeeded in combining two musical traditions into a unified work of art. The stomping rhythms and dissonance in the two sections called “Warrior Song” created an atmosphere of unrelenting violence and confrontation. By contrast, the finale’s vibrant colours and melodic impulses evoke a distinctly Australian sound world… Kalkadungu won the audience and was given and standing ovation… Kalkadungu opens new opportunities for Australian music.’

The Australian (Murray Black), 4 April 2008

Kalkadungu

Teatro Degollado (Guadalajara, Mexico)

Orquestra Filarmonica de Jalisco

Kalkadungu

ABC Classic FM (Australia)

William Barton/Sydney Symphony Orchestra/Richard Gill

Kalkadungu

Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)

William Barton/Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Daniel Smith

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Kalkadungu

one movement only

Adelaide Town Hall (Adelaide, SA, Australia)

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra/Luke Dollman/William Barton (didjeridu)

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Kalkadungu

Auditorium di Milano (Milan, Lombardy, Italy)

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi/Daniel Smith/William Barton

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