Pentaque (cover)
Jihad Crusade Poster
Adelaide Fringe 2004 Suite from the jihad crusade
Pentaque
2 guitars, flute, oboe, violin, viola, violincello.
This is a chamber music composition in which two guitars have a prominent roll. It was entered in the 2002 Darwin International Guitar Festival, Australian Composer Competition, and was judged as a joint winning entry by a panel including Peter Sculthorpe and Ross Edwards. Pentaque is a name coined to describe the extensive use of motifs derived from pentatonic scales for this work.
Suite from the Jihad Crusade
Soprano voice, clarinet, 'cello, piano, percussion.
The Jihad Crusade was originally written as a multi - medium theatre work, which used six actors, three singers, and a fourteen-member instrumental ensemble, and made use of projected images. Text is by Glen R Johns and music by David Brookes. Suite from the Jihad Crusade is a collection of songs from the original work arranged for soprano voice and small ensemble, for a performance at the Adelaide Fringe in 2004.
Lydienne Blue
Symphony Orchestra
Lydienne Blue is a name coined to describe the altered Lydian Scale which is used extensively in this composition.
