Douglas Knehans - Award Winning American-Australian Composer. His Music Performed By Orchestras, Opera Companies, Chamber Ensembles, Soloists!
Douglas Knehans is a multiple award winning American-Australian composer, best known for his orchestral compositions. He’s written eight large works for orchestra. His music has been performed by orchestras, opera companies, chamber ensembles, and soloists including flutist Gareth Davies and cellist Zuill Bailey. He is the founder of the Australian International Summer Orchestra Institute where he brings together young musicians with principal players from Australia's leading orchestras. His recordings have received more than two dozen international awards. He is also co-founder and co-director of the Thessaloniki Art and Music Summit.
My featured song is "Ma Petite Fleur String Quartet”, my recent release. Spotify link.
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SONGFEST TRACKS
1. The Cloud Ossuary (13:34) — Symphony No. 4. The excerpt discussed is the final movement, "Bones and All", for orchestra and soprano, setting a poem by his daughter Katarina Knehans. An ossuary is an above-ground burial place for bones.
2. Storm Drift (15:57) — piano and strings. Adapted from his earlier Drift for strings and oboe, with a stormy middle section added.
3. Unfinished Earth (17:36) — Symphony No. 3, in three movements: Tempering (earth forming, volcanic), Eternal Ocean, and Tearing Drift (continental drift).
4. Purple Heart (19:56) — commemorative piece about his father, who volunteered in World War II, fought at Okinawa, saved a fellow soldier, was shot in the leg, and received the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
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DISCUSSION SEGMENTS
- 3:23 — Interview begins: Tasmania, director of the Tasmanian Conservatory, now teaching at the University of Cincinnati
- 6:51 — Background: late starter on flute in his last year of high school, Australian National University, flute and composition, freelancing as a flutist
- 8:12 — Before music: graphic art, rejection from art schools, and the pivot to music
- 9:53 — Australian International Summer Orchestra Institute in Tasmania
- 11:07 — Thessaloniki Art and Music Summit, with the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra
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ROBERT'S LATEST RELEASE:
“THE BUZZ” - Ft. Darius de Haas (vocals) and Dave Eggar (Cello).
"Short, Sweet and Totally Different"
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