Tristram Cary
Tristram Cary's electroacoustic music spans half a century of tape and computer invention, from dense analogue microcosms built for radio and film to sharp, playful late works for digital machines.
The early tape pieces still carry a real freshness of sound. Suites drawn from Leviathan '99 and The Children of Lir, Continuum, Steam Music and Narcissus for flute and tape turn limited studio resources into vivid drama. Later computer works keep that same restless drive: Nonet, Soft Walls, Trellises, and The Impossible Piano, an homage to Conlon Nancarrow that races with mechanical glee. He also wrote for the concert hall and the screen, including early Doctor Who and the Ealing comedy The Ladykillers, and answered Uluru with Messages for solo cello. A co-creator of the EMS VCS 3 synthesiser and one of the first British composers deep in musique concrète, he treated machines as living instruments rather than gadgets.
Tristram Cary is featured on the following titles
Soundings: Electroacoustic Works 1955-1996
Tristram Cary has worked in electroacoustic music for half a century. This two-CD set offers a personal selection of landmark works from his London and Australian years.
Mastering Engineer: Mastered By [Mastering]
Credit: Liner Notes [Annotations]
Compositions by Tristram Cary also appear on
Uluru: New Solo Cello Works for David Pereira
Twelve new Australian solo cello works written for David Pereira, celebrating the handing back of Uluru to its traditional Indigenous owners. Responses range from didgeridoo-like sonorities in Hopkins to the modernism of Dean.
Christmas under Capricorn
The Australian Youth Orchestra, conducted by Graham Abbott, plays nineteen Christmas carols arranged for orchestra by Australian composers. Two carols appear in paired settings, inviting comparison. Listenable festive music, easy to give as a gift.