On the Night Train.pdf
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Twist, J.
On The Night Train
Joseph Twist is a member of the younger generation of Australian-born composers. Based in Brisbane at the University of Queensland, he is actively involved in choral music as both a composer and a chorister. Joseph is the recipient of the Australian Voices Young Composer Award and the Chanticleer Student Composer Competition for 2003. His choral music has been performed by The Australian Voices, The Brisbane Chamber Choir, The National Youth Choir of Australia and Chanticleer. On The Night Train sets the scene of a train dashing through the Australian bush at dusk, as described by Henry Lawson’s graceful poetry. The emptiness of the Australian outback is represented by long, sustained pitches in the opening and closing sections of the work, above which a simple, folk-like melody is sung. This melody is also used throughout a rhythmic contrasting section where the singers create the impression of a moving train with “scat-like” nonsense syllables and whispered vocal effects.
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