Guide to the Papers of Peter Tahourdin
MS 10282
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
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Series 1. Manuscript and typescript music scores and parts of compositions by Tahourdin
A large group of original and typescript scores of compositions by Tahourdin
'Ern Malley - a dramatic testament', 1976 (File)
Original manuscript music score for 'Ern Malley - a dramatic testament'. For soprano, baritone, two actors, tape and instrumental ensemble. Based on the poems of Ern Malley (1976). Also included is one 7" reel-to-reel tape annotated 'Ern Malley - Peter Tahourdin' (nd)
'Heloise and Abelard' Acts 1 and 2, 3-5 Mar 1993 (File 1-2)
West Australian Opera Company, New Fortune Theatre, Perth. Heloise: Eliza Wilson; Abelard: Lyndon Terracini; Storyteller: Gerald English; Conductor: Warwick Stengards (ABC recording on cassette)
Heloise and Abelard, Act 1 and 2, West Australian Opera Company. No 1, 03/03/1993 - 05/03/1993 (Item NLA.MS-SAV010545) - Cassette-Box 496
Heloise-Elisa Wilson, Abelard-Lyndon Tarracini, Storyteller-Gerald English, Conductor Warwick Stengards. New Fortune Theartre, Perth. ABC recording.
Heloise and Abelard, Act 1 and 2, West Australian Opera Company. No 2, 03/03/1993 - 05/03/1993 (Item NLA.MS-SAV010546) - Cassette-Box 496
Heloise-Elisa Wilson, Abelard-Lyndon Tarracini, Storyteller-Gerald English, Conductor Warwick Stengards. New Fortune Theartre, Perth. ABC recording. More information on casing.
'Heloise and Abelard' (File 6)
Excerpts from Act I - Amanda Collver, David Alexander-Ross, Louise Byrne (piano), Gerald Gentry (cond.) (cassette recording)
Series 5. Audio-visual material: reel-to-reel tapes
A large group of reel-to-reel tapes of recordings of works by Tahourdin in either 5" or 7" format, with three items (32-34) being in a larger format...
University of Adelaide electronic music studio (File 2)
Ian Macdonald Ansoc; Paul Martin Electronic Study; Peter Tahourdin Aboriginal Electronics; Peter Tahourdin 'The Gift of Love' from 'Pacific Rape'
'Vietnam Image', 1971 (File 3)
For tape by Martin Wesley-Smith. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Music in the University of Adelaide, January 1971
ABC Studio 325, 11 Dec 1989 (File 21)
'Raga Music I' – 'The starlight night', Jeannie Marsh (mezzo), Rudolf Osadnik (violin), Arturi Ezergailis (cello), Frederick Shade (flute), conductor Gerald Gentry
'Riders in Paradise' – for audition – to Peter Tahourdin via Mel Music – Australian Broadcasting Commission' (File 24)
'Sinfonietta No. 1' (File 25)
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, conductor Peter Eros – with the compliments of the Australian Broadcasting Commission
Tahourdin 5, 1 Apr 1967 (File 30)
Three pieces for tape recorder: 'Rondo', 'Passacaglia', 'Ostinato' (master – tail out)
Tahourdin 7, 1 Apr 1967 (File 31)
Three pieces for tape recorder: 'Rondo', 'Passacaglia', 'Ostinato'
'Riders in Paradise' (File 38)
Jane Carter, David Cubbin, Jiri Tancibudek, Gabor Reeves and the Robert Cooper String Quartet, conductor Patrick Thomas
'Sinfonia Concertante' for cello and orchestra, 5 Sep 1974 (File 50)
Phillip Green and the MSO cond. Len Dommett
'Adagio and Scherzo', 18 Dec 1968 (File 51)
Jiri Tancibudek, Noreen Stokes, Robert Cooper, Jean Munro, Vladimir Nedbalek
'Sinfonia Concertante' for Cello and Orchestra (File 56)
Phillip Green with the MSO conducted by Len Dommett
'Let's push up the periscope and see if the cement's hardening' – to Peter with best wishes, Terry Rusling (File 61)
Performance tape, 1959-1961 (File 76)
Includes: 'Inside Information', soloists and orchestra of Trinity College of Music conducted by David Darlow (1959); 'Sinfonietta No. 1', BBC Northern Orchestra conducted by Stanford Robinson, (1959); 'The Swans', BBC Welsh Orchestra conducted by [?] (1960); 'Three Pieces for Wind Quintet', Jupiter Ensemble (1961); 'Sinfonietta No. 2', BBC Welsh Orchestra conducted by Rae Jenkins (1961)
Electronic Music Studio, University of Adelaide, 1973 (File 78)
Played at a concert on October 3 1973 between live performances
Peter Tahourdin – 'Three Pieces for Tape Recorder', 1966-1967 (File 80)
'Rondo', 'Passacaglia', 'Ostinato'. Composed at the Electronic Music Studio of the University of Toronto, Canada, 1966-67
Series 6. Audio-visual material: cassette tapes
A large group of audio cassettes, mainly comprising recordings of works by Tahourdin. Items 39-42 contain source material for his 'Raga' series. Items 29-38 are recordings of works by other composers...
New Audience, 15 Aug 1989 (File 1)
1. Peter Tahourdin 'Time Trek', Elizabeth Davis; 2. Brenton Broadstock 'Beast from Air', Barrie Webb, Elizabeth Davis
Peter Tahourdin works (File 3)
1. 'Sinfonia Concertante', Phillip Green (cello), cond. L. Dommett; 2. ' Illyria', SASO, conductor Robert Rosen
Peter Tahourdin works, Sep-Oct 2002 (File 4)
'Partita'; 'Sinfonietta No. 1', Orchestre du Festival Albert Roussel, direction: Damien Top
Peter Tahourdin works, 1 Sep 1985 (File 5)
'Dialogue No. 3' (flute and contra bass), Nancy Turetzky, Bertram Turetzky; 'Quartet for Strings', Petra String Quartet
'Riders in Paradise' (File 7)
Norma Hunter with an ensemble conducted by David Swale; 'Sinfonietta No. 1', WA Symphony Orchestra cond. Peter Eros; 'Diversions for Orchestra', Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cond. Harold Badger
Peter Tahourdin works, 1989 (File 8)
'Symphony No. 4' Melbourne Concert Hall, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Janos Furst; 'Dialogue no. 4', Waverley Theatre, Melbourne, Barrie Webb/Elizabeth Davis
Peter Tahourdin compositions (excerpts) (File 9)
1. 'Raga Music I', Jeannie Marsh and ensemble; 2. 'Dialogue No. 4', Barrie Webb (trn), Elizabeth Davis (perc); 3. 'Dialogue No. 1', Susan Collins (Vln), Marilyn Meier (pno); 4. 'Expose', Marilyn Meier (piano); 5. 'Ern Malley', Victoria Watson, David A-Ross, James Condon, Lloyd Cunnington and Robert Smallwood (conductor)
Peter Tahourdin compositions (File 12)
'Dialogue No. 1' – Susan Collins (vln), Marilyn Meier (pno); 2. 'Expose', Marilyn Meier (pno)
'Ern Malley: a dramatic testament' (File 15)
Victoria Watson (soprano), David Alexander-Ross (baritone), James Condon, Lloyd Cunnington (actors), Robert Smallwood (conductor), Chimera 88
Peter Tahourdin compositions (File 16)
'Clarinet Sonata' (1962), Phillip Miechel (cl), Donald Thornton (piano); 'Quartet for Strings' (1982), Petra String Quartet
'Symphony No. 3' (File 17)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Hopkins; 'San Diego Canons'; 'Dialogue No. 1', Geoffrey Michaels (violin) and Donald Thornton (piano); 'Dialogue No. 2' (cello and tape), Phillip Green (vc); 'Dialogue No. 3', Nancy Turetzky (flute) and Bertram Turetzky (bass)
'Ern Malley', 1 Jun 1983 (File 18)
University of Melbourne - Shanna Beesley (soprano), Ian Vayne (baritone), Nick Garrafa, Alan Knoepfler (actors), New Audience Ensemble, conductor Robert Smallwood
Peter Tahourdin compositions (File 19)
'Raga Music I' - 'The Starlight Night', Jane Manning and the New Audience Ensemble, conductor Robert Smallwood; 'Dialogue No. 1', Michaels/Thornton; 'Dialogue No. 2', Phillip Green ('cello)
'Heloise and Abelard', 1992 (File 23)
Act 1 , WA Symphony Orchestra, conductor Warwick Stengards, ABC recording
'Heloise and Abelard', 1992 (File 24)
Act 2, WA Symphony Orchestra, conductor Warwick Stengards, ABC recording
Peter Tahourdin - compositions from the 1950s, dubbed from reel-to-reel tape (File 26)
'Inside Information' (June 1959); 'Sinfonietta No. 1' (BBC 1959); Rhapsody 'The Swans' (BBC 9 June 1960); '3 Pieces for Wind Quinte't, Jupiter Ensemble (1961); 'Sinfonietta No. 2' BBC (1961) and others
Works by other composers, 1978-1979 (File 29)
Conyngham – Mirages: for orchestra (1978), first performance QEH London (1979); 'Australian Sinfonia', Geoffrey Simon, conductor; 'String Quartet' (1979), first performance, Melba Hall New Audience Concert (1979), Petra String Quartet
Works by other composers, 1979-1982 (File 30)
Worrall – 'Glass Games' (1982) for Fl, Clt, Vln, Vc, Piano, Percussion and tape, Seymour Group, cond. Stuart Challender; 'Piano sonata' (1979), Christopher Lyndon Gee (piano)
Works by other composers (File 31)
Michael Tippett Symphony No. 4, Chicago Symphony Orchestra cond. Georg Solti; Barry Conyngham Southern Cross, Wanda Wilkomirska, Roger Woodward, MSO cond by Hiroyuki Iwaki
Works by other composers (File 32)
Worrall – 1. 'With fish scales scattered'; 2. 'Images for 2 pianos' (nb. Typed programme notes held inside cassette case
Works by other composers (File 33)
Bozidar Kos 'Little Fantasy' – first performance by the Australia Contemporary Music Ensemble, Adelaide Festival of Arts 1978, Keith Humble, conductor
Works by other composers (File 34)
Includes: Chris Mann 'Subjective Beats Metaphor'; Ron Nagorcka excerpt from 'Atom Bomb'; Anti-Music 'Heures Roses'; Mark Pollard 'Sweet Exchanges'; John Gillies Soundtrack from 'Mountain Man'; Ernie Althoff 'Music Machines'; Les Gilbert 'The Genoa River', Wangarabel, a piece for the landscape; Rainer Liz '(Dis)continuous Music'. Programme notes inside cassette case.
Works by other composers (File 35)
Adelaide Computer and Electronic Music – Claudio Pompili 'Medieval Purity in a Bed of Thorns'; Steven Matters 'Fantasia'; Malcolm Fox 'The Journey' (excerpt); Andrew Close 'Octet'; Daniel Schumacher 'Genesis – Day 1' – Adelaide University Studio
Works by other composers (File 36)
Bozidar Kox 'Metamorphosis for orchestra' (1978), Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Thomas, conductor; Bozidar Kos 'Little Fantasy' for ACME (1978), recorded at the Adelaide Festival of Arts 1978, Australia Contemporary Music Ensemble, Keith Humble, conductor
Music by Martin Wesley-Smith, 1974-1983 (File 37)
'Lost in Space' (1982), schoolchildren's chorus and orchestra); 'For Marimba and Tape' (1983), Graeme Leak, marimba; from 'Japanese Pictures' (1981) for tape and transparencies; studio version of 'Dat dit dah dah' from 'Night Satellite' (1983); 'Doublets 2(a)' for sax, tape and tape delay (1974), Howie Smith: saxes; 'Wattamolla Red' for tape and transparencies (1983); 'Doodles' for tape (1983) except last 3 bars
Works by other composers - Conyngham tape (File 38)
Orchestral music: Southern Cross double concerto (1982), Sydney Symphony, Weiss (cond.), Wanda Wilkomirska (vln), Roger Woodward (piano), rec. Sydney Opera House; 'Icecarving'; 'Voicings': ensemble and computer tape, Perspectives Ensemble Dallas US; 'Basito', Jane Manning, Capricorn Ensemble (London)
Indian Ragas (File 39)
Alap and Druhpad? – Raga Kaniboji? Chantala – singers Mollinddin and Amunaddin Dagar; Alap and Khyal Raga Malkosh Ekatala – singer Robin Kumar Chatterjee
Tahourdin and Whiticker – Duo Contemporain, 1989-1993 (File 43)
Tahourdin 'Raga Music 4'; Whiticker 'Redror' (1989); Whiticker 'Tartengk' (1993) MSO/Abbot
Peter Tahourdin 60th birthday concert (File 44)
'Raga Music 1', Jeannie Marsh, cond. R. Smallwood; 'San Diego Canons'; 'Raga Music 3'; 'Elision', cond. R. Smallwood
'Ern Malley' (File 45)
Shauna Beesley (soprano), Ian Vayne (baritone), Nick Carrafa, Alan Knoepfler (actors), New Audience Ensemble, conductor: Robert Smallwood
Peter Tahourdin compositions (File 46)
'Sinfonietta No. 1' (1952), BBC Northern Orch (1959); 'Sinfonietta No. 2' (1959), BBC Welsh orch (1961); Rhapsody 'The Swans' (1951), BBC Welsh Orch.(1960), Pamela Petts and Frank Wilson
Peter Tahourdin compositions (File 47)
'Raga Music 1', Jeannie Marsh; 'Dialogue No. 4', B. Webber, E. Davis; 'Dialogue No. 1', S. Collins and M. Meier; 'Expose', Marilyn Meier;' Ern Malley: a dramatic testament', Victoria Watson, David A-Ross, James Condon, Lloyd Cunnington, Robert Smallwood (conductor)
'Sinfonia Concertante', 14 Jul 1993 (File 48)
ASO, conductor George Tintner, soloist Christian Wojtowicz
Monash University - Trudy Lais masters recital, 1 Aug 1998 (File 49)
Chopin, Schubert, Beethoven, Tahourdin ('Capriccio'), Butterley ('Letter from Hardy's Bay'), Grainger
'Ern Malley: a dramatic testament', 2-3 June 1988 (File 50)
Victoria Watson (soprano), David Alexander-Ross (baritone), James Condon, Lloyd Cunnington (actors), Robert Smallwood: conductor, Chimera 88
'Raga Music 1', 1989 (File 52)
Jeannie Marsh (mezzo), Frad [A?] (flutes), Arturo Ezergailis (cello), Rudi Osadnik (violin), Peter Neville (percussion), Gerald Gentry (conductor), recorded 11 December 1989; 'Dialogue No. 4', Barrie Webb (trombone), Elizabeth Davis (percussion); 'Symphony No. 4', MSO/Furst, rec. 4/11/1989