Music listing posts
The Brolga and the Star A Ballet in One Act. Duration 45minutes Instrumentation: 2 (1 picc), 0, 2 (bcl), 1 / 1111 / timp+2 perc /harp/pno/strings There is also a piano reduction available for rehearsal or piano only production. Available though The Australian Music Centre at: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/work/applegate-cathy-brolga-and-the-star There is an audio mock up of the…
This solo piano work was commissioned by James Teh and premiered at the Charles Darwin University Theatre on October 22nd, 2016. It was part of a concert entitled Journeys and Memories. The sheet music is available through the Australian Music Centre at http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/saudades. The title of the work takes its name from a Portuguese word…
This work for solo violin and accordion was written in 2015 for violinist Tara Murphy who is a personal friend. The work was premièred on the 21st August 2016 at Brown’s Mart Theatre as part of the 2016 Darwin Festival by violinist Netanela Mizrahi, with the Cathy Applegate on keyboard playing a modified part. The…
My new work Dysdiadochokinesis was premiered by the Australian Doctors Orchestra on Sunday, June 19th 2016 at the Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin, NT. It is for full symphony orchestra 3(1 picc),2,2,3(1 contra);4,3,3,1; timp+4 perc, harp, (optional celesta) and strings. It is available through The Australian Music Centre on the following link: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/workversion/applegate-cathy-dysdiadochokinesis/31055 It was conducted…
This is an arrangement of one of the 7 movements that make up my orchestral work – The Wetlands Suite, Duration: 3:15 min,
Duration: 3 min, Instrumentation: Violin 1, Violin 2 and cello, Level of difficulty: Beginners, This work was part of my musical ‘Felicity and the Bunyip’, Please contact me for more detail.
1974 Cyclone Tracy by Frank LoCastro – originally a work for solo piano. Inspired by his experience wandering through the Darwin in 1974 after the city had been decimated by a huge cyclone. Frank lost everything including his piano accordion, an instrument that he had brought with him from Sicily when he first moved…
This is a song by Magda Palmer that was incorporated into the orchestral work WindRose. Here I have arranged it for voice and harp.
This the movement from the Wetlands Suite – the last movement – that features a children’s choir. The song has had many performances as a stand alone work with solo voice or choir.