"Love to love your strings, baby" is an affectionate homage to disco strings.  I've taken inspiration from Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra, from the New York, Philadelphia and many other symphony orchestras, and the great arrangers who had a role in developing the disco sound.  My piece takes motifs and fragments from the golden era of disco and weaves them together with my own original themes to present a fantasy montage.  The title refers, of course, to the 1975 Donna Summer hit "Love to love you, baby."  It was composed for, and is dedicated to the Camerata of St. Johns.  Many thanks to the Australia Council for the Arts for their generous support.

Camerata of St. Johns string orchestra, Brisbane.
Performed 14th December 2013 at Queensland Conservatorium.
Created with generous support from Australia Council for the Arts. 

www.erikgriswold.org
www.camerata.net.au

Love To Love Your Strings Baby (2013) - Camerata of St. Johns string orchestra

'Crocodile' - from Rogue

'Swimming' from Rogue

Bells

The Night Parrot is Australia’s most elusive bird. Once presumed extinct, there have been a handful of sightings in recent years (some of dead birds). The Night Parrot is a ground dweller that can fly, but prefers not too. Legend has it that on a 1990 field trip in West Australia, the director of the South Australian Museum stopped by the side of the road to relieve himself, looked down, and realized he was peeing on a decapitated night parrot. He avoided further damage and took the specimen. Very little is known about the bird’s habits, and almost nothing is known about its song, which is reimagined for this piece.  The Forgotten Call of the Night Parrot is dedicated to the Viney-Grinberg Duo.  It was created with generous support from the Australia Council for the Arts.



The forgotten call of the night parrot

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Heather
by James Wilkinson 
( & Steve Heather)
Strings: Neal

Heather (strgs: Kate Neal)

Afterall - from the staged theatre work 'Permission to Speak', produced by Chamber Made, directed/conceived Tamara Saulwick, sung by Gian Slater, Georgie Darvidis, Josh Kyle, Ed Fairlie

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Annie's Violence - from the staged theatre work 'Permission to Speak' produced by Chamber Made, directed/conceived Tamara Saulwick. Sung by Gian Slater, Georgie Darvidis, Josh Kyle, Ed Fairlie.

Annie's Violence

From the animation 'Novel Instrument' - animation Sal Cooper, Piano Jacob Abela

Novel Instrument

Falling from staged show While You Sleep. Strings: Phoebe Green, Zac Johnson, Isabelle Hede, Katherine Philip

The forgotten call of the night parrot

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