NRS-3728 | Record: Music for Australia Day

This digital recording (Philips 834740-1) entitled "Music for Australia Day", was a joint venture between the Directorate, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the New South Wales Government and the New South Wales Bicentennial Council. The LP record contains the following: side 1 National Anthem Advance Australia Fair (arr. Gamley), Bicentennial Hymn for Australia (arr. Gamley), Overture on Colonial Themes (Gamley), Waltzing Matilda (arr. Gamley); and side 2 speech of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales Child of Australia (Sculthorpe), Concerto Australiana (for Piano and Orchestra); Third movement (Allegro Moderato - Allegro) (Zavod). The recording features: Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Sydney Philharmonic Choir; Joan Carden (Soprano); William Reid (Conductor); the Band of the Second Military District Headquarters; Australian Youth Orchestra; John Howard (Narrator); Allan Zavod (Piano), Carlo Felice Cillario (Conductor).(X2464.6). 1 record. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.