Contents: Wind Dust on a Butterfly Wing, Challenge, Bounty, Wild Flowers, Moon Track, Affinity, Victors
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
Performed live by Ken Murray
Contents: Ballade, A la Koala, Red Belly Black, Sea Dragon, Serenade, Mopoke, Platypus
Contents: Meditation, Bassoon, Chansonette, Bassoon Polka, Water Colour, Funky Bassoon
The habanera, as a genre, originated in Cuba during the 19th century. It evolved from the contradansa, which arrived in Cuba from France via refugees fleeing the Haitian revolution. By the 20th the habanera had become a musical relic in Cuba, but after travelling back across the sea with sailors, it became so popular in European salons that composers as illustrious as Ravel (Piece en Forme De Habanera) and Georges Bizet (Carmen) had composed tunes using its characteristic rhythm and exotic flavour.
Martin Kay’s Habanera employs the tradition very freely.