Composer: Munro, Ian, 1963 -
Country of origin: Australia
Title: Songs from the Bush: Clarinet with String Quartet
Other titles: Clarinet Quintet: Songs from the Bush
Movements: Country Dance; Campfire and Night Sky; Drover's Lamenation
Year(s) composed: 2009
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Duration (in minutes): 17
Clarinet type: B-flat
Note: See comment below
Commissioned by Claire Armstrong, John Sharpe.
First performance by Catherine McCorkill, Goldner String Quartet — 27 Nov 10. Huntington Festival
This work “explores the relationship between colonial European bush music and indigenous music across the cultural frontier.”
Source: Australian Music Centre