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Paradise in Paris

Paradise in Paris

  Andrew Schultz's Paradise for soprano, cello and piano (2013) will have its world premiere at La Loingtaine in Paris on Sunday, 7 June 2015 at 5pm. The performance will be given by the three musicians for whom the work was written: German soprano...

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Deep Blue and Dirty – CD Release

Deep Blue and Dirty – CD Release

The Southern Cross Soloists, Stephen Emmerson and Lucinda Collins are the outstanding performers on a newly released CD of recent chamber and vocal music by Andrew Schultz. The music was written in the period from 2006 to 2011 and includes To the evening star, the...

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The Meaning of Water in Sydney

The Meaning of Water in Sydney

“But the new composition of The Meaning of Water by Andrew Schultz was I felt a masterpiece. It was like a water instrument with gurglings and churnings and words can't describe it." ["7 Women - 7 Harps", Live Journal,  27 June 2006]   Premiered by the...

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Lake Moonrise with Halcyon

Lake Moonrise with Halcyon

Lake Moonrise is a recent work by Andrew Schultz for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, cello and vibraphone, composed in 2013 for Halcyon’s fifteenth birthday as a part of their Kingfisher project. The piece had its first performance at a special concert of new works for Halcyon in October 2013 at the Museum of Contemporary Art…

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Stille Sprache digital recording release

Stille Sprache digital recording release

Stille Sprache by Andrew Schultz is a setting of three poems from the first part of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Die Sonette an Orpheus for soprano, violin and piano. Felicitas Fuchs (soprano), Qian Zhou (violin) and Bernard Lanskey (piano) recorded the work at at the Studios of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore in 2013 (Zhou Xiaodong, audio engineer). The work was composed by Andrew Schultz in Sydney, Australia, in 2009…

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Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis CD release

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis CD release

“In a slow tempo, the Magnificat, op. 79, by Andrew Schultz, expresses with extremely soft vocal lines those moments of unease that the young woman, after receiving the visit of the Angel, must feel deeply. The music evolves in a completely balanced way despite the...

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‘Deep blue and dirty’ podcast

‘Deep blue and dirty’ podcast

Deep blue and dirty is a work written by Andrew Schultz for Adelaide bassoonist Mark Gaydon in 2011.  The ABC have released a podcast with an excellent performance of the piece and an interview with Mark Gaydon by the ABC's Stephen Adams. With Mark on bassoon is...

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