Oboe Concerto

One of Australia’s best-known composers, Ross Edwards’ distinctive sound world combines shapes and patterns from nature with a variety of musical resources which reflect and celebrate Australia’s cultural diversity.Ross Edwards has sought, in his oboe concerto, Bird Spirit Dreaming, to imbue the traditional concerto with elements of theatre, ritual and dance whilst preserving its concert hall function as an accompanied soloistic displayThe texture is dominated by an almost kaleidoscopic interplay of material gleaned from the natural environment and diverse cultural sources, whose symbolic meaning remains ultimately and tantalizingly elusive.