Broadcast of Ghosts of Reason from Danish orchestra
ABC Classic FM will broadcast the Symphony No 2 - Ghosts of Reason in a performance from January 2013 by the South Jutland Orchestra (David Porcelijn, conductor) at 9.30pm eastern Australian time on Wednesday, November 27, 2013. In an article that combines a review of...
Peace by Schultz with TSO in August
The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marko Letonja present a new work, Peace, by Andrew Schultz in August 2013 in Hobart and Burnie. The concert also includes an appearance by Baiba Skride in the Britten Violin Concerto. Peace, Opus 93 (2013) takes its title...
Simplify, Simplify
If a man, does not keep pace with his companions perhaps it's because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. The Sydney Philharmonia Symphony Chorus present Andrew Schultz's Simplify, Simplify, Opus 82...
‘Symphony No. 3 – Century’ by Andrew Schultz: Full Recording and Education Kit Now On-line
The premiere recording of Symphony No.3 - Century (orchestra) and Three Architects (choir) by Andrew Schultz is available free online as part of the Rewind permanent collection of Australian Music at ABC Classic FM, in a performance by the Canberra Symphony...
Schultz’s August Offensive at Gallipoli
"One of the most amazing performances that I was awake to hear was the Gallipoli Symphony playing an incredibly moving piece by Australian composer Andrew Schultz. The piece, titled The August Offensive, is part eight of ten orchestrated movements which are composed...
“Andrew Schultz’s music touches the soul and speaks to the mind” – a recent review of Ghosts of Reason
In an article that combines a review of Andrew Schultz's Ghosts of Reason - Symphony No. 2 and an interview with the composer in the Danish magazine Klassisk pt (No. 66, 2014), Michael Schäfer says: "The symphony starts with the delicate sounds of a harp like the...
Australia Ensemble perform three works by Andrew Schultz on YouTube
Excellent performances by the Australia Ensemble of After Nina, Circle Ground - Septet No. 2 and One Sound - Quintet for flute and strings by Andrew Schultz are now viewable on-line. After Nina - Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, Opus 73 (2007) View on YouTube:...
Symphony No. 3 ‘Century’ by Andrew Schultz – listen online and reviews
The new symphony had its premiere in Canberra on Monday night in front of a vast crowd (estimated at 150,000) stretching from Old Parliament House to the shores and surrounds of Lake Burley Griffin. Listen on-line to the ABC recording of Three Architects Op. 91a,...
Canberra Centenary – Premiere of Symphony No 3: Century by Andrew Schultz
Symphony No 3: Century by Andrew Schultz WORLD PREMIERE played by the Canberra Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Milton featuring the Centenary Choir. MONDAY, 11 MARCH at 8pm The culmination of events on this stage and of the day will be the world premiere of...
Antony Gray’s new Bach Transcriptions CD features Sleepers Wake by Andrew Schultz
Antony Gray has recorded a three CD set of piano music featuring transcriptions and reworkings of Bach's music; the set has now been released on ABC Classics. The CDs are a great achievement and include Andrew Schultz's Sleepers Wake - Karalananga - a piece...
Kühn Choir of Prague record Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Andrew Schultz
The Kühn Choir, conducted by Marek Vorlicek, recorded the unaccompanied choral works, Magnifcat and Nunc Dimittis by Andrew Schultz in January 2013 at the Prague Academy of Music, Czech Republic. A CD of the recordings will be released on the US label, Navona Records...
European Premiere of Schultz’s Symphony No 2 – Ghosts of Reason
The Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester (The South Jutland Symphony Orchestra) conducted by David Porcelijn present the European premiere of Andrew Schultz’s Symphony No 2 – Ghosts of Reason in Germany and Denmark in January 2013…
Music and Emotion: ABC-TV Big Ideas
The next episode of the ABC-TV show, Big Ideas has performances of Andrew Schultz' One Sound and After Nina (played by the Australia Ensemble) and a discussion with Emery Schubert, Emma Ayres and Andrew Schultz about Music and Emotion. The program can be viewed at...
Two recent reviews: ‘eloquent, spare writing’
"Having been very impressed a few years ago by Andrew Schultz’s cantata, Journey to Horseshoe Bend, I approached this collection of his orchestral works with great anticipation. I was not disappointed. He is, in my opinion, one of the finest composers in this country...
“This is music for eternity” – a recent CD review from Germany.
“…the loss of nature and the diversity of species on our planet and the disappearance of beauty in a completely exploited and spiritually vacuous world. This pain is, however, not articulated via atonality and harsh dissonances, rather with an almost transcendental harmony in which the melancholy regarding all that is irretrievable assumes the form of a beauty that takes leave of this world and yet remains facing toward it. Precisely in its serenity and inner calm, this music has something both heartbreaking and deeply moving…”