Premiere of commissioned work Action Hero by the WDR Funkhausorchester.

In this piece I combine the immortal voice of Arny with the orchestra.

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Alondra de la Parra | Conductor
Hannes Minnaar | Piano

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Hamilton: 482 Variations on a Very Short Theme
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Respighi: Pines of Rome

'Silver Linings': 25 Years of the Sydney Gay And Lesbian Choir

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I'm thrilled that the SGLC has commissioned me to compose 'Turing Believes Machines Think', a setting of an Alan Turing letter:

Turing believes machines think
Turing lies with men
Therefore machines do not think
Yours in distress,
Alan

Celebrating 25 years of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir - featuring tunes from the forties to the noughties - as well as the world premiere of new music specially commissioned from Australian composers including Sal Whitwell, Kathleen McGuire, Joseph Twist, Anna Jacobs, Dan Walker and Gordon Hamilton.

This well-respected program brings together the finest young musicians, under the tutelage of a team of eminent international and national conductors, in a world-class environment. Its pursuit of excellence defines it as the highest quality performance avenue available to young ensemble-based instrumentalists outside of the Queensland Conservatorium and the Young Conservatorium. In 2016, this program will continue to offer Voice, String, Wind, Brass and Percussion students an intensive four day program that culminates in a gala concert in the Conservatorium Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, South Bank.

I'll be conducting the Sarah Hopkins Vocal Ensemble. The repertoire includes two works of Sarah Hopkins (pictured above).

PROGRAM
Bach: Ich armer Mensch, ich armer Sünder
Hamtilon/Barton: Kalkadunga Yurdu
Brodsky: Red Box IV
Bruckner: Pange Lingua
Gerometta: Lay Fallow
Gerometta: Baby Shark
Grieg: Ave Maris Stella
Hamilton: Dark Hour
Hamilton: Furuike Ya
Handel: And The Glory of the Earth
Hildegard: O nobillissima viriditas
Sarah Hopkins: Hullayha
Sarah Hopkins: Honour the Earth
Weelkes: All at once well met

The Australian Voices

Gordon Hamilton | Conductor

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Hildegard and her radiant plainchant flowers into another world: Bruckner gazes back from 19th-Century Vienna, trying to recreate ecstatic purity of the past using the ancient Greek modes.

Join The Australian Voices as we launch our new CD, 'Reverie'.

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PROGRAM

Lisa Young: Misra Chappu

Michael Kennedy, arr. Gerometta: Lay Fallow

Hildegard von Bingen: O Nobilissima Viriditas

Nigel Butterley: Spring’s Ending

Gordon Hamilton: Who Are We

Isabella Gerometta: Words That Turn Into Other Words

David Brodsky: Red Box IV

Gordon Hamilton: Dark Hour

Robert Davidson: Not Now, Not Ever!

Robert Davidson: Total Political Correctness
 

WDR Funkhausorchester Köln

Wayne Marshall | Conductor

Marialy Pacheco | Piano

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A new suite of arrangements by Gordon Hamilton for the WDR Funkhausorchester (Cologne) & Cuban pianist Marialy Pacheco. Direct broadcast on WDR4.

Randwick Town Hall, Sydney

Topology and The Australian Voices

Gordon Hamilton | Conductor

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Prime-Ministerial speeches: set to music! Queensland’s Topology and The Australian Voices bring provocative text and exceptional musicianship together to create a musical narrative inspired by famous speeches delivered throughout Australian history. Composed by Topology’s masterminds Robert Davidson and John Babbage, alongside musical powerhouse Gordon Hamilton, the performance traverses pivotal moments that have shaped our nation. Unrepresentative Swill takes the words right out of our Prime Ministers’ mouths, including Menzies’ Melancholy Duty, Whitlam’s Well May We Say; Gillard’s Misogyny speech and Abbott’s A Stain on Our Soul.

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Symphonic Shockers! (Education Concert)

If you thought that classical music was incorrigibly polite, you’re in for a surprise at Symphonic Shockers!, a concert dedicated to music that shocked and stunned its first audiences. Be scandalised and outraged as you hear music by Mozart, Beethoven, Stravinsky and others. Hear the stories behind the music and learn what it takes to make an audience revolt.

Adult $39 | Concession $32 | Full Time Student $16

Hamilton | Symphony With Just One Theme (World Premiere)
Barber | Violin Concerto (soloist, Dene Olding)
Shostakovich | Symphony No. 6

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Preview of the first movement, 'Snap'...

In this little symphony commissioned by John Curro and Queensland Youth Symphony, each of the three movements is based on the same tune: G Db C F E G Ab

The duration is short (an appeal to my own attention span). The age of the Long Symphony is done: we have HBO miniseries to get the job done now.

When a concert opener was suggested, the first thought I had was to avoid a clumsy recapitulation at the two-thirds mark. The compact ten-minute concert opener can be a punchy, satisfying form, though I like the feeling of material developing into something new without the obligation to recapitulate. Composing in three movements encourages this. While the theme remains the same across all three movements, no actual inter-movement repetition occurs. The result is (I hope) a sparkly concert overture in three sections.

QSO Current

Music for turntables and orchestra! This world premier collaboration between Sampology, Gordon Hamilton and QSO is the first time Sam has performed with classical musicians. A drum machine allows for both sound and vision to burst through speakers and screen with the touch of a drum pad, and turntables which allow the same synchronized audio and visual manipulation.  The show is inspired by plants and animals. Some pieces are originals composed by Sam and Gordon; others are arrangements from Sampology's upcoming EP of the same title. Guests include: Laneous (Vocals, Bass Guitar) Matt Luff (Sax).

QSO Current

4pm & 6pm @ Brisbane Powerhouse Theatre

The unholy combination of Tom Thum and Gordon Hamilton is resurrected! We’ll team with some special guests and the mighty QSO with an all-new program of blasphemous music for beatboxer and orchestra. We have one of Australia's most highly respected emcees and lyricists MANTRA joining us on stage to bring his unique brand of lyrical dexterity to life. Also gracing the stage on digital percussion is Brisbane legend Dave Acosta Atkins (Resin Dogs, Wolfmother, a million other things) who's MPC wizardry is going to bring kilodecibels of dopeness to the arrangements. Also joining us is Jamie MacDowell (he has fabulous hair). This has such a great opportunity to further push the formula we found with our last collaborative effort, but more importantly it has been amazing to find and follow new directions as our creative processes have become more intertwined in a melodic wrestling match. (Imagine two virtuosic carpet pythons.) We hope y'all enjoy the show as much as we did writing it. 

QSO Current

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The Australian Voices present a miniature recital as part of the Queensland Symphony's QSO Current Festival. The program will feature the premiere of three works by Isabella Gerometta, Fransisco Carbonell and Nathan Falkenhagen. In a nod to ANZAC Day, the program will also include Gordon Hamilton's Dark Hour, a setting of Prime Minister Billy Hughes' off-the-cuff remarks in 1916, summing up the Australian experience at Gallipoli.

PROGRAM

Babbage: I Lie Sent Men To Ease
Davidson: Suite from 'Unrepresentative Swill'
   i. A Stain on our Soul
   ii. The Reward For Public Service
   iii. Now, Not Ever!
   iv. Total Political Correctness
Hamilton: Dark Hour
Butterley: Spring's Ending
Falkenhagen: Wistful Thinking*
Carbonell: Caligaverunt occult mei*
Gerometta: One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten*
Arr. Gerometta: Lay Fallow

        * premiere

Manilla Symphony Orchestra
Gordon Hamilton | conductor
Tom Thum | beatboxer

Malasimbo Festival

Puerto Galera, Philippines

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A concerto for beatboxer and orchestra! The work is Thum Prints and the beatboxer is Tom Thum, a magnificently-talented dude with an inexhaustible vocal inventory of glorious and weird noises. Read more about the piece here.

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Hotly political and deeply personal, Gaybies shares the intimate real-life stories of children from same-sex parents, surrogate mums, donor dads, co-parents and guardians. Directed by Kris Stewart (Brisbane Powerhouse Artistic Director) and written by Dean Bryant, you’ll see a cast of local performers and community members bring to life this funny, charming, heart-warming and inspiring show. This is for everyone who cares for our greatest asset: children.