Don Kay (composer)
Australian classical composer (born 1933)
Don Kay
Born 25 January 1933 (1933-01-25 ) (age Occupation Classical composer
Donald Henry Kay AM (born 25 January 1933) is an Australian classical composer .[ 1]
Kay was born on 25 January 1933 in Smithton, Tasmania . He attained a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Melbourne [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Malcolm Williamson .[ 2] Songs of Come and Gone for choir, flute, piano and string orchestra.[ 5]
Kay returned to Tasmania in 1965 with a young family of two daughters as lecturer of music, Hobart Teachers College;[ 2] Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music .[ 2] Organ Sonata , broadcast on ABC national radio by John Nicholls,[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] Richard II (Shakespeare), The Imaginary Invalid (Molière), the Wakefield Miracle Plays (Tasmania Festival, 1970) at that time. In 1984 Kay wrote an opera The Golden Crane with a libretto from Gwen Harwood .
During these years Kay was also contributing to Creative Music and Arts workshops at National and International conferences for Music and Arts Education. He was appointed Senior Lecturer at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music in 1976; elected Dean of Music, University of Tasmania , 1989; and elected Head of the Conservatorium of Music, University of Tasmania, 1990.
Kay has had over 50 compositions broadcast on ABC national radio and over 60 works publicly performed in Australia, UK, US, Switzerland and Italy from a symphony, to operas, orchestral and choral works to chamber and solo works.
In 1989 Tasmania Symphony - The Legend of Moinee [ 2] [ 9] [ 10]
In 1990 Dance Concertante for String Orchestra was given a similar award.[ 10]
Kay's music has been said to involve themes of Tasmanian ecology and its history .
In June 1991 Don Kay was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for his contribution to the arts and particularly to music composition.[ 12] [ 13]
He retired from the staff of the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music in 1998, having served as head of department from 1990 to 1993[ 2] [ 14]
Works
Chamber
Sextet , flute, violin, trumpet, viola, tenor trombone, xylophone 1962Trio , flute, oboe, harpsichord 1962Aubade , viola d'amore, piano 1964Three Bagatelles , violin, viola, cello 1964Six Miniatures for Piano Trio , violin, cello, piano 1967Elegy , violin, viola, cello 1970String Quartet 1 - 'The Quest' 1971Quintet for Flute and Strings 1974Three Canzonas , flute, viola 1974Proclamation Music , flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon 1975String Quartet 2 1975String Quartet 3 1978Scherzando for Two Pianos 1979Five Piano Duets for young players 1979Rapunzel – Paraphrase , violin, piano, narrator 1982Two ensemble pieces for keyboard players 1982The Waking of the World (String Quartet 4) , string quartet, narrator 1984Evocations , clarinet, violin, piano 1985Rhapsody , violin, piano 1986Dance Cameos , mandolin, wind quintet 1986Hastings Triptych , flute, piano 1986Seasons , voice, violin, piano 1989Night Spaces , flute, violin, viola, cello, piano 1989Birthday Flourish , string quartet 1990Dance , violin, piano 1992Duo Pastorales , violin, clarinet 1993Love Voice of Moinee , cello, piano 1993Coolness , clarinet, voice, piano 1994Aestivernal , mandolin, wind quintet 1994Epitaph for Alfred , violin, piano 1994Concert Music for Viola and String Orchestra , rehearsal score (piano) 1994All through the night , violin, piano 1996Serenade , violin, cello, piano 1996Prelude , violin, piano 1996Victory Tango , clarinet, piano 1996Piano Trio - The Edge of Remoteness , violin, cello, piano 1996Saxophone Dances , saxophone quartet 1997Wild Call , oboe, clarinet, string trio 1998Scherzando , 2 pianos 1998Sonata for Cello and Piano , cello, piano 1999Blue Sky through Still Trees , flute, piano 1999Little Domestic Suite , oboe, clarinet, string trio 1999Memento Mori , string quartet 2000Meditation on Prelude IX, 48 Preludes & Fugues (Bk.1) by J.S.Bach , 2 pianos, vibraphone 2000Borders Within , violin, cello, percussion 2000String Quartet 5 - 'A Tragic Life' , 2 violins, viola, cello 2001Two Southern Pieces , flute, piano 2001Memento Mori , violin, cello, piano 2001String Quartet 6 - 'On Truganini Track' , 2 violins, viola, cello 2003Piano Trio - 'The Span of Time' , violin, cello, piano 2004Cape Bernier , violin, cello, piano 2006Five Short Pieces , violin, piano 2006Summer Music , 2 recorders, baroque oboe, harpsichord 2007Wild Song , violin, piano 2008Dance Prelude , piccolo, piano 2008Sleeping Water , alto saxophone, piano 2009Sonata for Violin and Piano 2009Epitomes , clarinet, piano 2009Romance , viola, double bass 2009Mathinna's Lullaby , oboe, piano 2009Lamentation , brass quintet 2010...the soft dying day , cello, piano 2010Triptych , alto saxophone, piano 2014Milestone Tribute , alto saxophone, piano 2018Update hybrid , flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano 2019Allegory , cello, piano 2020
Large Ensemble
Variations , string orchestra 1963Practice Piece No.1 , winds and strings 1968Three Pieces for String Orchestra 1969Practice Piece No.2 , treble instruments/voices/tuned and non-tuned percussion, keyboard, bass instruments 1970Fanfare , double brass choir 1976Three ensemble pieces for young string players , string ensemble 1981Spiritual , 8 trombones 1994Rondino , string ensemble 1997Mathinna in the Red Dress , string orchestra 2007Spiritual , 10 saxophones 2010
Concertante
Dance Movement , orchestra 1968Dance Episodes , orchestra 1973Concert Music , viola, orchestra 1973Concerto for Violin and Orchestra 1982Overture - The Inward Light , concert band 1986Dance Concertante , string orchestra 1989Concerto for Piano and Orchestra 1992River Views , trombone, string orchestra 1995Two Views from Hastings: Moonlight Ridge/Bush Tapestry , string quintet/orchestra 1994–97Rondino , string ensemble 1997Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra 2001Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra 2009...in Brief , concert band 2013Dansatelle , piano and string orchestra 2017Piano Concerto 2 , piano, small orchestra 2017Concerto for Trumpet, Winds and Percussion , trumpet, wind orchestra 2018
Orchestra
Auspice Deo 1962Diversion for Orchestra 1970Land of Moinee 1983Tasmania Symphony - The Legend of Moinee 1988Infant Holy 1992Aestivernal 1996Symphony No.2 - 'The South Land' 1996March for the Republic 2001Variations on the Drover's Song 2003Symphony No.3 - 'Affirmation' 2007Symphony No.4 - 'The river and beyond' 2016
Solo Instrumental
25 Piano Pieces for young players piano 1961Piano Sonatina 1965Organ Sonata 1967Coolness , oboe, 1974For Shirley Harris , piano left hand 1981Cloud Patterns , viola 1988Water Pools , violin 1988Two Nature Pieces , violin 1989Two Nature Pieces , viola 1989Three Miniatures , piano 1989Wedding Day , piano 1989Two Mirror Pieces , marimba 1990In the Forest , piano 1991Idyll , cello 1992Introduction and Scherzo , piano 1993Legend , piano 1993More Miniatures for Piano 1993Threes and Twos , piano 1994Four Nature Pieces , cello 1994Dance Rituals , piano 1997Cradle Song for Emma , piano 1997Dance Rondo , guitar 1997Bird Chants , piano 1998Sonata no.1 for piano , piano 1998Melody , cello 1998Looking North from Tier Hill , piano 1999Three Lullabies , piano 1999Blue Sky through Still Trees , piano 1999Different Worlds , piano 1999Bird Chants II , piano 199945 for Russell , piano 2001Dance Rondo II , guitar 20015 - Alive! - 0 , piano 2002Birthday at Rosemour Farm , piano 2002In Memorium - Malcolm Williamson , piano 2004Rosemour Idyll , piano 2005Now I'm Seven , piano 2006Sonata no.2 for piano - 'From My Inner Nature' 2006Sonata no.3 for piano - 'Capsules' 2007Sonata no.4 for piano - 'End Notes' 2007Simple Gifts (3 Short Pieces) , piano 2007Sonata no.5 for piano - 'Full Circle' 2008Lazy Summer , piano 2008Sonata no.6 for piano - 'On D' , piano 2010Sonata no.7 for piano - 'Of the Night' , piano 2010Black Mary - 'A Portrait' , piano 2011Lullaby for Alice , piano 2011Piano Sonata 8 , piano 2014Intermezzo for Frances , piano 2015Bird Chants III , piano 2017Sonata no.9 for piano - 'The Call' , piano 2018Extraordinary byways , piano 2019Sonata no.10 for piano - '- my answer to a question' , piano 2019
Voice
Six out of door songs , baritone and piano 1955-57By Wenlock Town , baritone and piano 1958Five Songs for Bartitone and Piano , baritone and piano 1961Four Songs from Robert Graves , high voice, piano 1964Five Herrick Epigrams , soprano, alto, piano 1964A 12th Night Interlude , baritone, string orchestra 1965A Lute with three Strings , voice, flute 1966Quiet Waters , high voice, string quartet 1980Quiet Waters , high voice, piano (rehearsal score) 1980Songs and interludes from 'The Golden Crane' , soprano, clarinet, piano 1984Tasmania , SSAA choir 1989Four Miscellaneous Songs , bass baritone, piano 1991Two Encore Songs , voice, piano 1991Five Early Songs , voice, piano 1994Night Images , voice, clarinet, piano 1995Southern People and Places , voice, cello, piano 1998The Partridge Garden , voice/flute, piano 1998The Night Piece , voice, piano 2000The Ballad of Van Deimen's Land , choir, windband 2004Four Bird Songs from Shaw Neilson , baritone, piano 2005Five Songs from Robert Graves , high voice, piano 2008Aspects of the Vine , high voice, viola, double bass 2010Bird Songs , high voice, string quintet/orchestra 2011Lullaby , soprano, piano, 2012Lost and present love , baritone, piano, 2012Menagerie of birds , baritone, piano, clarinet, horn, violin, viola, violoncello 2012Four Reflective Songs , baritone, piano 2014The Earth Song (on words and melody by Bob Brown) , soprano solo, SATB choir, orchestra 2014Country , baritone, oboe, piano 2015Three Penguin Summers , male voice, orchestra 2016The Muse - a fairy tale , male voice, windband 2017Envoy , voice, piano 2018Conflagration - 'a cantata in eight episodes' , for SATB soloists, chorus, two pianos and six percussionists, 2019
Choral
I sing of a Maiden , ATB choir (unaccommpanied) 1958Three Unison Songs , mixed voices and piano 1958Songs of Come and Gone , SSA choir, flute, piano, strings 1963The Battel (arr. Byrd) , school choir and orchestra 1963Two Monodies for Male Chorus 1963Two Australian Choral Pieces , SATB choir 1963The Shepherd , SSA choir 1964De Profundis , SATB choir 1964Three for Three , SAB choir 1965O Waly, Waly , TTBB choir 1966To Musick , SSA choir, cello, piano 1968Two songs for 'The Witnesses' 1970The Wild Mountain Thyme , SSA choir, flute 1971Four Australian Folk Songs , SSA choir 1971Seven Songs from Shaw Neilson , SSA choir, flute, bassoon 1972Two Australian Folk Songs , TTBB choir, piano 1974Ladies of Brisbane , arr. TTBB choir, piano 1974The Death of Ben Hall , arr. TTBB choir 1974Lament of the Aboriginies , SA choir, piano 1977There is an Island , children's choir, orchestra 1977Before Sleep , SATB ensemble 1977At night , SA choir, assorted instruments 1982Northward the Strait , soprano, baritone, chorus, symphonic wind band 1987Song of Welcome , youth choir, symphonic wind band 1990Time Moods , a capella chamber choir 1991Gloria , youth choir, orchestra 1992Songs of Greeting and Farewell , youth choir 1996Excerpts (Three Songs) , SSAA choir, piano 1996To Musick , SATB choir, cello, piano 2004Her Passion Tells , soprano, baritone, SATB chorus, strings 2006Northward the Strait (Extended Version) , soprano, baritone, SATB chorus, orchestra 2007Northward the Strait (Extended Version) , soprano, baritone, SATB chorus, symphonic wind band 2009
Theatre
Incidental Music for 'Twelfth Night' , string quartet and baritone 1960Incidental Music and Shanties for 'Treasure Island' 1962Incidental Music for 'The Imaginary Invalid' , flute, viola, cello, piano 1969Incidental Music for 'Hansel and Gretel' , flute, oboe, cello, harpsichord, percussion 1970Incidental Music for 'The Wakefield Plays' , flute, 3 trumpets, trombone, violin, percussion, electronics, choir 1972Incidental Music and Songs for 'The Journey' , flute, oboe, trumpet, cello, harpsichord, percussion 1972Incidental Music for 'Richard II' , 2 violins, cello, 2 trumpets, timpani 1972Incidental Music for 'Once a Jolly Swagman' , flute, clarinet, cello, harpsichord, percussion, prepared tape 1973Incidental Music for 'Click go the shears' , flute, clarinet, violin, trumpet, cello, harpsichord/piano, percussion 1975Incidental Music for 'Big Nose' , cello, percussion 1976Incidental Music for 'Rub-a-dub-dub' , oboe, cello, percussion 1976Incidental Music for 'Ice Palais' 1989
Film
Upon Reflection , violin, bassoon 1971Fountain , flute, viola, cello 1972By hook or by crook , string quartet 1973Walka crooked mile , string quartet 1975Ross Bridge , clarinet, string quartet, percussion 1977River of Lost Footsteps , flute, violin, cello, percussion 2000
Opera
Rapunzel , opera for children's theatre, soloists, chorus, ensemble 1966The Golden Crane , vocal score 1983The Golden Crane , solo voices, chorus, chamber orchestra 1984The Bushranger's Lover , 5 principal solo voices, mixed chorus, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussionist, piano, strings 2012Memento Mori , 2 principal solo voices, violin, violoncello, piano, 2018
References
^ Kerry, Gordon (2009). New Classical Music: Composing Australia . UNSW Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-86840-983-2 ^ a b c d e f Australian Composer Series, Don Kay "There is an Island", ABC Classics CD 476 5253 reissue 2006
^ Colac High School and Colac College [permanent dead link ] ^ "[SCHOOL] [LOCATION]: Read Parent Reviews & Rankings" . archive.ph . 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2022 .^ Songs of Come and Gone, Don Kay, Chappell Music 1965, ref no. 46875
^ Maidment, John (June 2011). "Hobart Town Hall" . Organ Historical Trust of Australia ^ "Secheron House, 21 Secheron Rd, Battery Point, TAS, Australia" . Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Australian Heritage Database . Australian Government.^ "Terrapin Puppet Theatre" . www.utas.edu.au . University of Tasmania . Retrieved 7 March 2022 .^ "Sounds Australian Award : Prize : Australian Music Centre" . Australian Music Centre . Retrieved 7 March 2022 .^ a b "Don Kay : Represented Artist Profile : Australian Music Centre" . Australian Music Centre . Retrieved 7 March 2022 .^ "Award Extract" . Australian Honours Search Facility . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . Retrieved 16 April 2024 .^ "Award Extract" . Australian Honours Search Facility . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 16 April 2024 .^ Bollard, David (2010). Music of Don Kay Move Records . pp. 2–3. MD 3345. Retrieved 16 April 2024 .
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