Verdehr Trio: Composers Series, Number II, Dreamtracks (DVD)

Composers Series, Number II, Dreamtracks (DVD)
with composer Peter Sculthorpe

This DVD presents: Trio performances of Sculthorpe works, commissioned by the Verdehr Trio; interviews with Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe; biographies; and credits. Peter Sculthorpe, Australia's most eminent living composer, was declared a "living national treasure" by the Australian government. Sculthorpe discusses his life, compositions, works he wrote for the Verdehr Trio, how his music is inspired by the Australian landscape, and his view of the future of music. The Trio performs "Dreamtracks" and previews "Baltimore Songlines."

The Verdehr Trio: Walter Verdehr - violin; Elsa Verdehr - clarinet; Silvia Roederer - piano.

"...provides an excellent introduction to the background of the fine Australian composer...Dreamtracks is like a vast landscape that gradually reveals itself." - Strings

Box set contains 1 DVD.