Premiered by The Grevillea Ensemble, "Bird of Paradise" (for soprano, violin and piano) is a setting of James McAuely's evocative poem entitled "To the Holy Spirit".
She like the moon arises
Matthew Orlovich2022-02-14T14:01:31+11:00This score was composed in 2004 for the Grevillea Ensemble Guest Artist, Diana Doherty (oboe). The work is a setting of James McAuley's eponymously titled poem published in 1946.
Nativity
Matthew Orlovich2022-02-17T11:42:10+11:00Scored for SATB choir, this setting of James McAuley's poem 'Nativity', depicts the birth of light in an extraordinary world of dewdrops, spider webs and tender snails' horns.