Fuzzy Logic (for alto saxophone and tuba) was written in 2019 for premiere performance by Phantasmagoria Ensemble at Festival Internacional de Saxofone de Palmela (7a Edição), Portugal.
Master of Music
Matthew Orlovich2018-05-30T17:01:32+10:00Commissioned by Canterbury College (Queensland, Australia), this work is a vibrant setting of Henry Van Dyke's poem which, in tribute to the late conductor, Theodore Thomas, celebrates all of the arts.
Whirled Music (for clarinet and harp)
Matthew Orlovich2019-09-13T16:31:06+10:00This arrangement of "Whirled Music" was composed at the invitation of Duo Imaginaire (Germany) for world premiere performance in Monheim, Germany, in 2016.
On Sutherland’s Grave
Matthew Orlovich2016-10-17T16:01:45+11:00This multi-faceted score sets Henry Kendall's "Sutherland's Grave", "Journey to Birdsville 1966" from the Log & Field Book of Russell Drysdale, & excerpts from 'Missa pro defunctis'.
Holy Ground Forever, Stranger!
Matthew Orlovich2019-11-21T15:08:50+11:00This score received its premiere performance at the Sydney University Orchestral Composers' Workshop, conducted by Antony Walker in July 1992 and recorded by the Australian Film, Television & Radio School.
Sea Spirits
Matthew Orlovich2016-10-17T16:01:45+11:00"Sea Sprits" was awarded the 1994 Jean Bogan Memorial Prize for Piano Composition, presented at the Newcastle University Conservatorium of Music Keyboard Festival.
The Monkeys’ Bridge
Matthew Orlovich2016-10-17T16:01:45+11:00This winning entry in the 1995 ABC Composer's Competition was recorded by the TSO under Richard Mills and premiered by the SSO under Leif Sundstrup.
Watercolours (for piano)
Matthew Orlovich2019-12-03T11:51:43+11:00These five "Watercolours" (for solo piano) are inspired by the sounds of gongs, bamboo flutes, voices, metallophones and all the other instruments that comprise the Javanese gamelan.
The Listening Land
Matthew Orlovich2018-07-31T19:08:12+10:00"The Listening Land" (for SATB choir) was commissioned by ArtsNOW Australia. The work draws its text from two Australian literary gems published over 100 years apart.