Recorded during COVID when we were unable to perform. This is the second of three movements. Elder Hall, Saturday 8 November 2020 Conducted by Bryan Griffiths Recorded by Lachlan Bramble and Ray Thomas From Australian Music Centre, by David Stanhope: Dedicated to the memory of Percy Grainger, all my folksong suites use folk-songs in a variation or passacaglia-like form. The original folksongs come from Great Britain. The titles of the 3rd Suite are: 1. Droylsden Wakes - a simple verse and chorus setting with rich romantic harmonies; 2. Lord Bateman - a fast-moving and virtuosic multi-metre setting; 3. Three Ships & Lisbon - a sound-picture of a group of troubadours approaching a coastal town, the Three Ships melody eventually overwhelming their own tunes.

Recorded during COVID when we were unable to perform. This is the third and final of three movements. Elder Hall, Saturday 8 November 2020 Conducted by Bryan Griffiths Recorded by Lachlan Bramble and Ray Thomas From Australian Music Centre, by David Stanhope: Dedicated to the memory of Percy Grainger, all my folksong suites use folk-songs in a variation or passacaglia-like form. The original folksongs come from Great Britain. The titles of the 3rd Suite are: 1. Droylsden Wakes - a simple verse and chorus setting with rich romantic harmonies; 2. Lord Bateman - a fast-moving and virtuosic multi-metre setting; 3. Three Ships & Lisbon - a sound-picture of a group of troubadours approaching a coastal town, the Three Ships melody eventually overwhelming their own tunes.

Recorded during COVID when we were unable to perform. This is the first of three movements. Elder Hall, Saturday 8 November 2020 Conducted by Bryan Griffiths Recorded by Lachlan Bramble and Ray Thomas From Australian Music Centre, by David Stanhope: Dedicated to the memory of Percy Grainger, all my folksong suites use folk-songs in a variation or passacaglia-like form. The original folksongs come from Great Britain. The titles of the 3rd Suite are: 1. Droylsden Wakes - a simple verse and chorus setting with rich romantic harmonies; 2. Lord Bateman - a fast-moving and virtuosic multi-metre setting; 3. Three Ships & Lisbon - a sound-picture of a group of troubadours approaching a coastal town, the Three Ships melody eventually overwhelming their own tunes.

Recorded during COVID when we were unable to perform. Elder Hall, Saturday 8 November 2020 Conducted by Bryan Griffiths Recorded by Lachlan Bramble and Ray Thomas Programme Note by David John Lang Before they became musical, the instruments of the wind orchestra made themselves useful on the battlefield. There’s nothing like a battalion of drums and trumpets to stir the soul as you march towards death or glory. You don’t want to be hearing the delicate whimper of a violin while the enemy charges toward you and flaming arrows whistle overhead – you want crashing cymbals, baying horns! This fanfare is a battle cry. It’s in the tradition of the call-and-response chants known as military cadences, in which a leader yells out short, barely-musical phrases and the soldiers shout them back. It’s an effective way to keep in step and to get pumped up for some strenuous physical activity – so, good for musicians as well! It sounds all the more terrifying when you don’t know the language, so I’ll let you in on the secret: all the rhythms you hear can be matched to the words of the famous “Armour of God” passage in St Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. “Stand firm then!”

Recorded during COVID when we were unable to perform. Elder Hall, Saturday 8 November 2020 Conducted by Bryan Griffiths Recorded by Lachlan Bramble and Ray Thomas Programme Note by Holly Harrison In this context, the word ‘Splinter’ means to break into small, sharp fragments, and refers to the way in which the piece is structured as a type of mosaic or stylistic patchwork. Many sections of the piece feature instrument sounds breaking or distorting in some way – whether this be in the extremes of register, wild glissandos, or crunchy chords. The other meaning of ‘splinter’ is as a foreign object within the body. This acts as a metaphor for my experimentation with some lighter, delicate moments, which are not always part of my musical soundworld. Score available for purchase from Murphy Music Press Commissioned by consortium, led by David Vickerman San Jose State University

Adelaide Wind Orchestra's (www.awo.org.au) recording of David John Lang's Yukon Sunrise. Recorded on the 22nd of March 2018.

Live performance of Michael Markowski's 'Dreamland' in Adelaide Wind Orchestra's West Side Story concert on Saturday September 23, 2017. Conducted by Matt Klohs in Elder Hall. Credit to Ray Thomas, Matthew Dorey and Angelo Valdivia for the audio and visual production.

Live performance featuring soloist Andrew Penrose the Adelaide Wind Orchestra's Spiritus concert on Saturday October 1, 2016. Conducted by David Polain in Elder Hall. Credit to Ray Thomas, Matthew Dorey and Angelo Valdivia for the audio and visual production.