Schultz Sonatina recording by Jennifer Pike released
A recording of Andrew Schultz’s Sonatina for solo violin, Opus 66 (2007), featuring the outstanding British violinist Jennifer Pike, was released on 25 September 2014 on the Sedition label (SEDITION6). Pike has previously recorded the Schultz Violin Concerto,...
Sea Cliff – Horizon – Fortress – Twelve Variations in Brisbane
Fred Williams - Lysterfield (1965) On Saturday 2nd August 2014 at 7:30pm at St John's Cathedral, Ann Street, Brisbane, Andrew Schultz's new work for winds, brass and percussion will be premiered. The St Peter's Suite is in three movements: Sea Cliff, Horizon...
Schultz’s Sound Lur and Serpent – SSO in China and Sydney
Sound lur and serpent is a short work that taps into the mythology..
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…
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…
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...
‘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...
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....