With his second release, West Australian composer Lachlan Skipworth has moved from chamber music to larger orchestral and choral music in three pieces in a varied array of forms that allow him to display his melodic mastery as a composer and, in two of them, a synthesis of Japanese wind instruments within Western musical structures.
Breath of Thunder is performed by the Sydney Symphony with the addition of Taiko drums and Japanese flutes. The orchestral accompaniment also features both tuned percussion and harp. Skipworth is one of those rare individuals who recognise that space is as important as the musical notes of the score. The work has an attractive elegiac quality which is punctuated by the composer’s ingenious use of percussion. The work is a seemingly timeless reverie featuring Riley...
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