ten dead species for sinfonietta
Australian Youth Orchestra Momentum Ensemble; Christoph Altstaedt, conductor

I. Prehistory

IX. Protohistory III

IV. Protohistory I.

II. A Pouch Lion Ponders (Marsupial Lion)

for flute/piccolo & virtual ensemble
Harvey Abrahams, flute/piccolo

Mingling Sunburst Minds (2023)

Ghost Rails (2021)

for tenor trombone & pipe organ
Kye Milne, trombone
Peter Taurian, organ

DubStop UnderDrive (2017)

for boy soprano & mixed ensemble
William Drury, soprano
Callithumpian Consort

In Defence Of Toads (2016)

The Law Of The Tongue (2016)

Doing The Suss & Sassy Sway (2014)

Contemporary classical composer
Check out www.nicholasvines.com for more information; CD available from http://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv5915/

Nicholas Vines’s compositional approach is firmly rooted in the technical resources of the Western classical canon, from plainsong and sixteenth-century counterpoint to recent advances in instrumental technique and electroacoustic technology. At the same time, every opportunity is taken to embrace sounds and ideas from an array of popular, experimental, Australian and non-Western traditions. This combination of rigour and pluralism – stemming from the composer's own heritage, his wide-ranging interests and the communities in which he lives and works - gives rise to music at once vectored and kaleidoscopic. Nostalgia, satire and farce often result from the inherent friction.

At their best, Nicholas Vines’ compositions evoke a sense of naïve idealism at loggerheads - for better or worse - with the realities of the world. Sometimes the music loses itself in innocent physicality or elaborate fantasy, doggedly avoiding the tendrils of cold, hard fact. Often, however, it can’t escape, leading to various states of self-denial, self-mockery, decay and decadence. This on occasion can make the listening experience uncomfortable, even frustrating. Nevertheless, it is hoped through such intellectual and psychological challenge, the music's essential moral and visceral beauty becomes all the more poignant.

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