Hi from Australia

[Sid]

Hello everyone, my name is Sid, I'm from Australia.

I have enjoyed classical music for the past 20 years & started collecting CD's last year.

I'm very eclectic in my tastes, everything is up for grabs. I especially enjoy music that is original, no matter what the century or style. Some favourites that I can mention are Haydn, Gounod, Bizet, Prokofiev, and Varese. I'm also trying to get into non-European classical music, and some composers I have enjoyed in that regard are Carter, Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Ramirez, Ifukube, Takemitsu & Peter Sculthorpe (a fellow Australian). I think the thing that makes me enjoy all of these, is that listening to them helps me develop my perceptive listening skills.

I look forward to participating in this forum, and will be posting my observations on my current listening on that thread regularly.

Cheers!

[Air]

Welcome Sid

I look forward to talking to you in the future 

[Hollywood]

Greetings from Austria, Sid. Welcome to the forum.

[david johnson]

hi! 

dj

[secondwind]

Hi Sid!  Welcome!  Are there any Australian composers you can introduce to us?

[bhodges]

Some favourites that I can mention are Haydn, Gounod, Bizet, Prokofiev, and Varese. I'm also trying to get into non-European classical music, and some composers I have enjoyed in that regard are Carter, Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Ramirez, Ifukube, Takemitsu & Peter Sculthorpe (a fellow Australian).

Hi Sid, and welcome.  Nice list of composers--and a lot of variety there.  I am a Sculthorpe fan, ever since hearing the Australian Chamber Ensemble do Port Essington.  (Can't recall the other things on the disc.)

Anyway, enjoy yourself here.  

--Bruce  

[Sid]

Thank you all for your warm welcome!

Hi Sid!  Welcome!  Are there any Australian composers you can introduce to us?

Some composers other than Peter Sculthorpe that I enjoy are Margaret Sutherland, Richard Hughes (they could be described as mid C20th Modernists) and contemporary composers such as Elena Kats-Chernin, Ross Edwards, Brett Dean, Barry Conyngham & Carl Vine.

[secondwind]

Some composers other than Peter Sculthorpe that I enjoy are Margaret Sutherland, Richard Hughes (they could be described as mid C20th Modernists) and contemporary composers such as Elena Kats-Chernin, Ross Edwards, Brett Dean, Barry Conyngham & Carl Vine.

Thanks!  My husband and I heard a piece by Carl Vine at a recital last year, and we liked it enough to get a couple of CDs of his chamber music, which we have enjoyed exploring.  The other names are new to me, and I'm looking forward to learning more about them.

[Sid]

You're welcome, Secondwind. I should have added, for historical accuracy, early C20th composer Percy Grainger. He put Australia on the map, musically speaking, but I don't think his output is distinctively Australian, it's more British.

I am also interested in connecting with other members who know about early & Renaissance music. This is one of the areas of classical that I have yet to explore. I'm planning on buying some Byrd, Tallis, Palestrina, de Victoria in the coming months...

[SonicMan46]

Hello Sid - welcome to the GMG Forum - 

Your interests are certainly eclectic like many of the rest of us here, so not unusual -    Check out the Composer's Index - there are likely threads on composers that interest you already; looking forward to your posting & comments - 

[Sid]

Thanks very much, SonicMan, for that composers index link. It is very helpful, as I'm still beginning to navigate around this site & am not too familiar with it...

[ChamberNut]

Welcome to GMG Sid!  Great to see so many countries represented here. 

[vandermolen]

Thank you all for your warm welcome!

Some composers other than Peter Sculthorpe that I enjoy are Margaret Sutherland, Richard Hughes (they could be described as mid C20th Modernists) and contemporary composers such as Elena Kats-Chernin, Ross Edwards, Brett Dean, Barry Conyngham & Carl Vine.

Welcome Sid! Sculthorpe and Edwards are both composers whose work I have enjoyed - also Malcolm Williamson.

[Harry]

Welcome Sid!