Portrait of Australia
Composed: 19?? Duration: 4 mins.
Instrumentation: Violin & Piano Level C
Exam Grade: HSC Violin
ISMN: 979-0-720100-73-9 Catalogue: RM644
Level: C Country: Australia
Performed by Susan Collins & David Miller
1. Of an Elephant Who Dreamt he Danced Like a Faun
2. Of the Platypus Who Envied the Hawk in his Flight
3. Of a Fugue That Wished it Could Waltz
Contents: Captain Fred, Rikitiki Plop, Doodly What's It, Lookin' at Cha Cha Cha, Slinkissimmo, The Little Rag Rag, Three Out of Four
Contents: Leap Frog, The Accidental Spy, Tree Fellas of Sherwood , The BIG Test , The Tricky Finish, Trickie Dickie , Triple Treat , Three Blind Rats , Tiptoe Through the Paddock , Old Blue , The Lonely Hiccup , David and his Big Friend, Cha Cha No. 1
Contents: Captain Fred, Rikitiki Plop, Doodly What's It, Lookin' at Cha Cha Cha, Slinkissimmo, The Little Rag Rag, Three Out of Four
Written during a Fellowship from the Australia Council, which I was awarded in 1999, my Etude for solo viola was composed for Esther van Stralen, who had given terrific performances of my Viola Concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra a few years before.