Love List: Australian Classical by Casey Green
Classical Music producer/aficionado Casey Green has written a Love List to the Australian classical composers that have inspired her and kept her sane in these extraordinary times.
Australian Classical repertoire may be the perfect musical tonic for cabin fever. So much of this music evokes the beauty of our expansive, rugged landscape, anchors us with stories of our heritage or connects us with our rich, diverse community. This music is dramatic, moving and crafted by some of our finest local classical composers and musicians. No playlist could be long enough to champion them all, but this Love List will set you on a path of discovery (or re-discovery) of our own Australian Classical sound and community.
“Already in the midst of the over-confident 1980s, Sculthorpe was also wary that “a bogus national identity and its commercialisation” risked holding Australia back. In response, the darker, environmentally- inspired Earth Cry (1986) was his attempt “to attune ourselves to this continent”.
- Limelight
“The list wouldn’t be complete without Sculthorpe. Earth Cry is spine tingling and inspires ideas of Australia’s heritage and vast, dangerous beauty so powerfully. Sculthorpe was inspired by our wild landscapes, so turn to this when you’re pining for a rainforest hike, a swim in the ocean or road trip across the Nullarbor.”
- Limelight
“The list wouldn’t be complete without Sculthorpe. Earth Cry is spine tingling and inspires ideas of Australia’s heritage and vast, dangerous beauty so powerfully. Sculthorpe was inspired by our wild landscapes, so turn to this when you’re pining for a rainforest hike, a swim in the ocean or road trip across the Nullarbor.”