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30 HITTING THE HIGH NOTES
Whatcompelspeopletoclimbtheworld’s
great peaks? And what might music have
tosayaboutit?Buildingonthesuccessof
The Reef,RichardTognettiandfilmdirector
Jennifer Peedom, ofSherpafame, discuss the
Australian Chamber Orchestra’s exciting new
cinematic and musical odyssey:Mountain.FEATURES
36 LOST&FOUND
From Stravinsky to Haydn, works once thought
goneforevercontinuetoturnup.Welcometo
aworldofsurprisesandserendipityamongthe
rediscovered scores of the great composers.42 PERCHANCETODREAM
ThelikesofBerliozandVerdishiedawayfrom
Shakespeare’s most complex character, but not
BrettDean.TheAustraliancomposerexplains
why he’s tackledHamlet for the operatic stage.48 BIG BROTHER IS COMING
Theyear1984mayhavebeenandgonewith
few ill effects, but George Orwell’s dystopian
nightmare has seldom seemed so up to date.
And now it’s coming to a theatre near you...51 LOVE’ S L AB OURS WO N
Messiaen’s monumentalTurangalîla-
Symphoniewaspivotalinthecomposer’s
career. His biographer Peter Hill reveals the
personal pain behind the musical masterpiece.58 THEWEIMAREFFECT
AstheWeimarRepubliccollapsedinchaos,
theNazisslippedintopower.BaritonePeter
Coleman-Wrighthasturnedthemusicofthe
era into a cabaret show and a new album.AUSTRALIA’S CLASSICAL MUSIC & ARTS MAGAZINE · MAY 2017
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