NRS-3728 | Record: Music for Australia Day

Full description

This digital recording (Philips 834740-1) entitled "Music for Australia Day", was a joint venture between the Directorate, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the New South Wales Government and the New South Wales Bicentennial Council. The LP record contains the following:
side 1
National Anthem Advance Australia Fair (arr. Gamley),
Bicentennial Hymn for Australia (arr. Gamley),
Overture on Colonial Themes (Gamley),
Waltzing Matilda (arr. Gamley); and
side 2
speech of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales
Child of Australia (Sculthorpe),
Concerto Australiana (for Piano and Orchestra); Third movement (Allegro Moderato - Allegro) (Zavod).

The recording features:
Sydney Symphony Orchestra;
Sydney Philharmonic Choir;
Joan Carden (Soprano);
William Reid (Conductor);
the Band of the Second Military District Headquarters;
Australian Youth Orchestra;
John Howard (Narrator);
Allan Zavod (Piano),
Carlo Felice Cillario (Conductor).

(X2464.6). 1 record.

Note:
This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.