Amy Dickson releases premiere recording of Full Moon Dances

The brilliant Australian saxophonist Amy Dickson has released her new album Island Songs on ABC Classics. The CD features world-premiere recordings of concertos by three of Australia’s most renowned composers: Brett Dean, Ross Edwards and Peter Sculthorpe.

Full Moon Dances: Concerto for Saxophone and orchestra was composed especially for Amy Dickson in 2011, and was premiered with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya, in 2012.

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Track Listing

PETER SCULTHORPE 1929–2014
Island Songs
1. I. Song of Home
2. II. Lament and Yearning

BRETT DEAN b.1961
3. The Siduri Dances

ROSS EDWARDS b.1943
Full Moon Dances – Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
4. I. Mantra with Night Birds and Dark Moon Blossoms
5. II. First Ritual Dance
6. III. Water-Moon
7. IV. Sanctus
8. V. Second Ritual Dance

Amy Dickson discusses Peter Sculthorpe’s Island Songs.