David Barmby
Australian countertenor David Barmby is heard on recordings of Mozart’s bawdy canons and songs and of Australian choral works that speak to nature and the environment.
With The Song Company he takes the countertenor line on Mozart Unexpurgated (TP009), the 1991 Sydney Opera House programme of scatological canons, household trios and related pieces. He returns on The Green CD (TP064), the 1993 studio set of Australian choral works on nature and environmental damage, including Wesley-Smith’s Who Killed Cock Robin?. He also supplied liner notes for a Beethoven piano recital.
David Barmby appears on
The Green CD
In a climate of rising concern for the planet, this programme of Australian choral works turns on nature and protest. Wesley-Smith's Who Killed Cock Robin? stands as a landmark of Australian choral writing, and one of its most popular.
Mozart Unexpurgated
The Song Company sings Mozart’s scatological canons and songs, with fortepianist Geoffrey Lancaster improvising the accompaniments and taking two irreverent solo turns.