Guide to Australian Composers

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John Babbage
Lost at Sea
Performed by Topology & Trichotomy

Michael Bakrnčev
Rush
Performed by Barega Saxophone Quartet

Paul Ballam-Cross
Anagrammata
Performed by Peter Sheridan & Monash University Flute Ensemble

Ashley Ballat
Lullaby
Co-composed and performed by Ashley Ballat & Stephen Magnusson

Ros Bandt
Starzones
Performed by Ros Bandt

David Banney
Meditation
Performed by Anthea Scott-Mitchell, Erin Sweetman, Christ Church Camerata & David Bannery

Simon Barber
Interpolationen
Performed by Michael Kieran Harvey

Shannon Barnett
Pg3
Performed by Shannon Barnett Quartet

William Barton
Didge Fusion
Performed by William Barton & John Rodgers

Nat Bartsch
For the Koalas
Performed by Nat Bartsch

Andrew Batterham
Trumpet Concerto: I. Energetic
Performed by David Elton, Sydney String Virtuosi & Umberto Clerici

Betty Beath
The Bride of Byfield
Performed by Susan Lorette Young & Betty Beath

Katia Beaugeais
Like Snowdrops You Will Shine
Performed by ACO Collective

Dr Lou Bennett
Jaara Nyilamum
Performed by Dr Lou Bennett & Australian String Quartet

Kristin Berardi
He Was a Loaded Gun
Performed by Kristin Berardi, Miro Sprague, Marty Jaffe & Jerome Jennings

Susie Bishop
Lullaby for a Broken World
Performed by Susie Bishop & The Marais Project

Jodie Blackshaw
Peace Dancer
Performed by UTEP Wind Symphony & Brad Genevro

Leah Blankendaal
Amongst
Performed by Leah Blankendaal

Daniel Blinkhorn
frostbYte (Liten snø trinn): No. 3, Gavotte
Performed by Tamara Anna Cislowska

Diana Blom
Lady Huang’s Album
Performed by Diana Weston

Matt Boden
Blues for Asimov
Performed by Matt Boden Quartet

Charles Bodman Rae
Steven Stucky in Memoriam
Performed by Gloria Cheng

Ross Bolleter
Euridice in Hades
Performed by Ross Bolleter

Ariel Bonnell
Are You the New Person Drawn Towards Me?
Performed by Divisi Chamber Singers & Coady Green

Corrina Bonshek
As Small Birds Play
Performed by Jason Noble

H.S. Botha
Rest
Performed by H.S. Botha

Georgina Bowden
The Fainting Sun (Live)
Performed by Ostrava Days Contemporary Music Festival

Anne Boyd
Ganba
Performed by Michael Duke & David Howie (HD Duo)

Philip Braĉanin
Guitar Concerto: III. Allegro vivace
Performed by Karin Schaupp, Queensland Symphony Orchestra & Ronald Spigelman

Lee Bradshaw
Sarabande for Cello
Performed by Harriet Krijgh

Margaret Brandman
Jucaro Rhumba d’Amor
Performed by Vov Dylan, Mar’yana Sywak, Michal Wieczorek, Nicole Murray-Prior, Brian Dean, Logan McCrory & Margaret Brandman

Maddy Briggs
Late Night Swim II
Performed by Maddy Briggs

Brenton Broadstock
Hammerblow
Performed by Michael Duke & David Howie (HD Duo)

Gerard Brophy
We Bop
Performed by Claire Edwardes & Christina Leonard

Rachel Bruerville
Song of the Wombat
Performed by Jack Schiller

Tony Buck
Rise
Performed by The Necks
Co-composed by Lloyd Swanton & Chris Abrahams

Marián Budoš
A New York Minute
Performed by Boyd Meets Girl

Brigid Burke
Three Sounds on Buildings (for solo clarinet)
Performed by Carl Rosman

Rob Burke
In a Silent Way (Live)
Performed by Burke Gould Quartet
Co-composed by Tony Gould, Tony Floyd, Nick Haywood

Lore Burns
Here Is a Safe Place
Performed by Divisi Chamber Singers

Warren Burt
Portrait of John Chalmers
Performed by Warren Burt

Stephen Byth
Meaningful Action
Performed by Stephen Byth, Nathan Kay, Dan Elbert, Matt Stubbs, Yessaï Karapetian, Eli Heath, & Tyson Jackson

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