Premiered at the Sydney Opera House in 2016, "Voices of a Northern Year" describes the feelings and scenes of the seasons in the Scottish highlands, as dreamt by Brisbane composer Margaret Tesch-Muller and recorded by the Hourglass Ensemble directed by Andrew Kennedy with Jenny Duck-Chong guest mezzo soprano

Flutes - Ewa Kowalski
Clarinetes - Andrew Kennedy
Violin - Ewan Foster
Cello - Geoff Gartner
Piano - Jo Allan

There is a Solemn Wind Tonight - Hourglass; Tesch-Muller

Awarded the 2016 WSOC/102.5 Fine Music Young Composer Award.  Performed by the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra with clarinet soloist Som Howie. Conducted by Paul Fitzsimon. Audio Engineer - Jayson McBride. Composed by Elizabeth Younan.

Clarinet Concerto

Have you ever been in a situation where you just want out?!

'Fly Away' is all about that feeling of bashing one's head against a brick wall, looking for an escape or solution. Fragments collide, frenetic energy, notes smash-out; they are squished and stretched every which way.

Fly Away for flute, clarinet and sax quartet - by Margery Smith

A performance of C. T. Smith's Fantasia for Alto Saxophone and Band by Emma Di Marco and the Queensland Conservatorium Wind Orchestra, May 2011.

Smith - Fantasia for Alto Saxophone and Band

Sam by Moonlight - from MOON by Gordon Hamilton

Spheres - from MOON by Gordon Hamilton

Pearl - from MOON by Gordon Hamilton

Prelude, Fugue and Riffs (for orchestra, 2019). Composed by Elizabeth Younan for the Curtis Symphony Orchestra. Performed by the Curtis Symphony Orchestra on 03/30/2019, Gould Rehearsal Hall, Philadelphia. Conducted by Sarah Ioannides. Recorded by Drew Schlegel.

Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

Since 2015 Hourglass has lead the way in commissioning and touring new Australian chamber music. The core group of founders Andrew Kennedy and Ewa Kowalski were joined in 2018 by Anna Rutkowska, and the trio of flute clarinet and piano is always joined by the best collaborators from every corner of Australia and every section of the orchestra, creating original and exciting programs that make it easy to love contemporary genres.

Fly Away for flute, clarinet and sax quartet - by Margery Smith

Hourglass Ensemble

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