Music

"The highlight of the afternoon was a concert by the Chicago Symphony brass section. This concert was not in the conference center but a few blocks down at Symphony Center on Michigan Avenue. The brass section played spectacularly, living up to their reputation for both power and finesse. Conductors included Dale Clevenger, Michael Mulcahy, and Jay Friedman, all legends in the brass playing world. The program featured mostly transcriptions, but one of the strongest and most engaging pieces in my opinion was the world premiere of an original brass choir work by Australian composer Paul Terracini. The work was titled Gegensätze, meaning “Contrasts,” and it certainly lived up to its title with plenty of exhilarating moments as well as lots of beautiful lyrical passages. Though obviously difficult, it sounded very idiomatic to my ears, and I think it will be getting plenty more performances in the future. I have some more to say about this concert, but will save that for the final wrap up post next week." - James Boldin, Horn World Blog.

On December 14 the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass will be premiering Paul's work for large brass ensemble, 'Gegensätze,' at Orchestra Hall, Chicago.

Link: http://cso.org/TicketsAndEvents/EventDetails.aspx?eid=4088

Gegensätze is published by Kookaburra Music and can be purchased online:

www.kookaburramusic.com

Six arrangements by Paul Terracini for mezzo soprano, baritone, and orchestra are now available. They will be premiered at the Joan Sutherland Centre for the Performing Arts, Penrith, NSW, on 17 March 2012.

The Man I Love Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra

 I'll Be Seeing You Mezzo Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra

 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Mezzo Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra

 The Way You Look Tonight Baritone and Orchestra

 Someone to Watch Over Me Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra

 Love Walked In Mezzo Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra

 The arrangements are USD $60.00 each and are now available for purchase. Orders can be placed via the 'Contact Us' tab on this site.

A series of arrangements by Paul Terracini for clarinet and strings of twentieth century classics is also available. 

The list of titles is:

The Man I Love

Love Walked In

Walking the Dog

Summertime

Goodbye

Body and Soul

I'll Be Seeing You

Sleepy Lagoon

Caprice Viennois (Kreisler)

Liebesfreud  (Kreisler)

Liebesleid  (Kreisler)

Shön Rosmarin  (Kreisler)

Reverie  (Debussy)

La Plus Que Lent  (Debussy)

Each arrangement is USD $60.00. Orders can be placed via the 'Contact Us' tab on this site.

Paul will be conducting Handel's Messiah at the Joan Sutherland Centre, Penrith, at 3.00 pm, Sunday, 4 December 2011

Paul's arrangement of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue for piano and brass quintet will be premiered at the Melbourne International Festival of Brass on Thursday 29 September, 2011. The work was commissioned by the Australian Brass Quintet. They will be performing the piece with Tim Young, piano.The concert begins at 7.30 p.m. at South Melbourne Town Hall.

Paul is currently writing a Mass for liturgical use, commissioned by St Vincent's College, Sydney. The work will be premiered in September 2011

Paul has finished a series of arrangements for clarinet, strings and harp, for the New Zealand born clarintetist, Murray Khouri. Paul will be conducting the recordings in Prague with the Prague Symphony Orchestra, on 13 and 14 July 2011. 

On  5 November, Paul will be conducting the Penrith Symphony Orchestra, with soloist Clemens Leske at the Joan Sutherland Centre for the Performing Arts. The concert will be repeated at the Camden Civic Centre on 6 November. Program is as follows:

R.Wagner Prelude to Tristan and Isolde

W. Mozart Piano Concerto No 23 in A major

Interval

G. Koehne Divertissement: trois pieces bourgeoises

O. Respighi Fontane di Roma

P.Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture

Paul's Song Cycle, "Five Poems for Mezzo Soprano and Strings," written with the Italian poet, Nina Lavieri, will be performed by Michelle Forman and Orpheus Strings, in Wentworth Falls, on 26 June, 2011. The work was premiered in Genova and has also been performed in Copenhagen.

Paul will be guest conductor at Northwestern University, Chicago, on April 11, 2011