Russell Gilmour
Russell Gilmour is an Australian composer. His music includes Bach-inspired counterpoint for solo guitar and writing for the extended flute family.
His two-movement guitar work Fretsongs draws on Bach and unfolds through lyrical, largely diatonic counterpoint. It is heard on Fretsongs (TP178), a collection of music by composers based in Tasmania.
Blow Pipes (1997), written for flute ensemble, appears on Fantasie Australis (MD 3366), a programme of contemporary Australian works for the full flute family.
Compositions by Russell Gilmour appear on
Fretsongs
David Malone teaches guitar at the Tasmanian Conservatorium and is in demand as a recitalist. He encourages local composers to write for his instrument, and this debut solo disc is the fruit of that work: a fresh, lively survey of Tasmanian music that gives him room to show his virtuosity.