Peter Sculthorpe

[semloh]

This is totally outside our remit but I hope Alan and Mark won't object if I just acknowledge perhaps the greatest Australian composer of recent years, Peter Sculthorpe, who died on Friday, aged 85. The web is full of tributes and obituaries so I won't say anything more here, except that he was a lovely, kind, caring man, who was greatly loved by the arts community. Even the most committed UC romantic can't help but  recognise the poetic beauty of his short orchestral piece Small Town, which will no doubt be played at his funeral. 

[JollyRoger]

Sculthorpe's music is haunting and like NO ONE ELSE. While I enjoy just about all I have heard by Sculthorpe, I think his most unforgettable work is Irkanda IV, which is the most desolate despairing work you will ever hear.
IMHO, he is one the the great composers of our times. I share your grief over this great loss.