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Chopin Sonatas: Duo and Solo

Daniel Herscovitch (piano); Elizabeth Neville (cello) Wirr 048 Producing a disc of Chopin music is perhaps a radical departure for Wirripang, which unashamedly promotes Australian composition, but it is a very worthwhile departure. Capturing the remarkable pianistic skills of Daniel Herscovitch in two Piano Sonatas (Op 35 No 2 and Op 58 No 3), as … Read more

Kaleidoscope – in verse, by Patrick Thomas (Wirripang 2011) ISBN 978-1-876829-24-7

Patrick Thomas MBE has been a conductor of international repute, but many do not know him as a writer. Several books have been authored by this great maestro showing an intellect of great capacity and a spirit of true imagination. In this publication, Thomas reveals himself as a consumate poet with 71 poems ranging on … Read more

Behind the Scenes: A Conductor’s Anecdotes (Part 1), and A Visit to Russia – 1990 (Part 2), by Patrick Thomas MBE (Wirripang, 2011) ISBN 978-1-876829-25-4

The author, known to many as one of Australia’s finest conductors, can really tell a story, not only through music-making with orchestras on a stage, but in written form. This book is in two parts: the first comprising the bulk of the book with recollections of his life and career dating back to the mid-1940s … Read more