Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Queensland Symphony Orchestra is the professional symphony orchestra of Queensland, based in Brisbane. It gave its first concert in 1947 and has become a central voice for orchestral music in the state.
In its early years the orchestra travelled widely through Queensland, playing in cities and towns far beyond Brisbane.
In 2001 it merged with the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra as The Queensland Orchestra, returning to the name Queensland Symphony Orchestra in 2010. Recordings issued under both names appear here, including Australian film and ballet scores and concertos taken from radio sessions.
Artist's website: qso.com.au
Queensland Symphony Orchestra is featured on the following titles
The Selfish Giant: Ballet Music
Graeme Koehne is among Australia’s most successful ballet composers. Work for the Sydney Dance Company in the 1980s opened a distinguished career in the form. The Selfish Giant, written for that company, appears here complete.
Works for Viola and Orchestra
Patricia Pollett's debut solo disc makes a strong case for the viola beyond the usual elegiac repertoire, pairing orchestrated Romantic sonatas with Bruch and a new Australian work.
Christmas Day
Ranging from a cappella singing to full orchestral colour, these carols make an ideal gift for music-loving friends. The programme is mostly modern, yet warmly listenable.
Queensland Symphony Orchestra also appears on
Bruce Cale: Orchestral Works
Tall Poppies is delighted to present Australian orchestral works that might well have slipped from view forever but for the archives of their composer, Bruce Cale.
Graeme Murphy's Body of Work: A Retrospective
For 25 years the Sydney Dance Company under Graeme Murphy dominated Australian dance. Murphy made it a mission to commission new Australian scores; this disc gathers some of the most successful, issued to mark a national tour celebrating his work.
An Australian Collection
Nineteen tracks drawn from the Tall Poppies catalogue, chosen to show the range and depth of Australian composition and performance across the label’s first decade.