This score was commissioned by Concordis Chamber Choir (VIC). It is a setting of a poem of Nicolette Stasko, after the painting of the same name by Frieda Kahlo.
Butterflies dance
Matthew Orlovich2025-01-22T11:26:21+11:00Premiered by The Australian Voices, this setting of Michael J. Smith's poem depicts colourful butterflies fluttering to the ocean from mountains, valleys, hills and plains.
The Blue Gum Forest
Matthew Orlovich2022-02-18T15:24:29+11:00"The Blue Gum Forest" (for a cappella SATB choir and bass baritone) was commissioned in 2009 for the 60th Australian Intervarsity Choral Festival, Hobart, Tasmania.
Communion of Reparation
Matthew Orlovich2022-02-18T16:41:42+11:00Described in the national press as "deeply satisfying", this SATB choral setting is based on a profound and beautiful text by Sr Mary Julian Baird RSM.
Where the waters meet
Matthew Orlovich2022-02-19T14:14:13+11:00This score was commissioned in 2011 by Joubert Singers to celebrate the sesquicentenary of Hunter's Hill Council. Text by Elizabeth McGeorge.
Dreams
Matthew Orlovich2022-02-20T10:06:32+11:00This setting of Victor Daley's poem "Dreams" (for a cappella SATB choir) was commissioned for performance in 2012 at the 63rd Australian Intervarsity Choral Festival.