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Tony Bremner was born in Sydney in 1939 and has lived in London since 1961. He studied piano at the
Conservatorium High School. In England he studied singing and for 10 years worked in the Glyndebourne chorus
as a tenor; his change to counter-tenor turned out to be a success - his first job with the new voice was at
Covent Garden as understudy to James Bowman. He appeared in Death in Venice at the Adelaide Festival in
1980 and later sang the falsetto role in Reimann's Lear in Mannheim and again in Krefeld.
Although he had done a bit of composing in his Sydney days, it was not until he began to work as assistant to
Christopher Palmer (musicologist, and orchestrator for many big Hollywood composers) that he started to
compose again. In 1981 the QSO gave the premiere of his Harp Concerto. In 1983 he wrote his first film
score, Kindred Spirits – an award winning score written for ABC TV. Two more films followed, A Halo for Athuan
and The Everlasting Secret Family. His cantata In the Shrubbery was first performed in 1991 by
The Song Company and recorded on the Tall Poppies label.
In 2000 he won the Gregynog (Wales) Composer of the Year award with Three Divine Poems of John Donne, for
choir and piano. Bremner composed the music for the BBC radio play Don Quixote and for a production of
Midsummer Night's Dream at the Beirut Festival. The orchestral work Symphony – from a Western Movie, is
inspired by film music. With poet/novelist Thomas Shapcott, he co-wrote the opera White Stag of Exile. He describes
his style as unashamedly lyrical and accessible, perhaps somewhat like Prokofiev.
Bremner has arranged and orchestrated many works including: (with Christopher Palmer) a new orchestration of
Minkus's Don Quixote for the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden and The Gondoliers for 8 instruments for
Opera Factory Zurich, a reconstruction of the famous Friedhofer score for William Wyler's film The Best Years of our Lives.
He has also worked as a conductor re-recording famous film scores including (with the Australian Philharmonic)
Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons and (with the London Philharmonia Orchestra) Lawrence of Arabia
and The Big Country.
Music Composed and Conducted* by Tony Bremner
Played by The Orchestra of Sydney Opera* & Adelaide# & Queensland Symphony Orchestras
Conducted by Mike Kenny# & Werner Andreas Albert
Tracks:
1. The Everlasting Secret Family - The Family (01:36)
2. The Everlasting Secret Family - Doberemu Galavide; Ruverai (05:34)
3. The Everlasting Secret Family - Revosonabe; Pottery; Ritual Dance (06:24)
4. The Everlasting Secret Family - The Lovers (02:55)
5. The Everlasting Secret Family - End Titles (03:22)
6. A Halo for Athuan - Hagiography; Heist; Helicopter (02:54)
7. A Halo for Athuan - Over the Wall (01:37)
8. A Halo for Athuan - Distillery; Headstone (02:31)
9. A Halo for Athuan - Helicopter II (00:41)
10. A Halo for Athuan - Roma! (01:37)
11. A Halo for Athuan - Mother Paul's Prayer (03:13)
12. A Halo for Athuan - Riverside (01:37)
13. A Halo for Athuan - The Pageant (07:33)
14. A Halo for Athuan - End Titles (01:44)
15. Kindred Spirits - Suite (12:20)
Source: Southern Cross CD (my rip)
Format: FLAC(RAR), ADD Stereo
File Size: 237 MB (incl. covers, booklet)
Enjoy! Don't share! Buy the original! :)
Download Link (FLAC re-up) - https://mega.nz/#!7jIFSQIA!WnyWfBMh8WuBQMh2x7Mz2W8y4k1JF85YRn4vwtVL8fo
Tony Bremner was born in Sydney in 1939 and has lived in London since 1961. He studied piano at the
Conservatorium High School. In England he studied singing and for 10 years worked in the Glyndebourne chorus
as a tenor; his change to counter-tenor turned out to be a success - his first job with the new voice was at
Covent Garden as understudy to James Bowman. He appeared in Death in Venice at the Adelaide Festival in
1980 and later sang the falsetto role in Reimann's Lear in Mannheim and again in Krefeld.
Although he had done a bit of composing in his Sydney days, it was not until he began to work as assistant to
Christopher Palmer (musicologist, and orchestrator for many big Hollywood composers) that he started to
compose again. In 1981 the QSO gave the premiere of his Harp Concerto. In 1983 he wrote his first film
score, Kindred Spirits – an award winning score written for ABC TV. Two more films followed, A Halo for Athuan
and The Everlasting Secret Family. His cantata In the Shrubbery was first performed in 1991 by
The Song Company and recorded on the Tall Poppies label.
In 2000 he won the Gregynog (Wales) Composer of the Year award with Three Divine Poems of John Donne, for
choir and piano. Bremner composed the music for the BBC radio play Don Quixote and for a production of
Midsummer Night's Dream at the Beirut Festival. The orchestral work Symphony – from a Western Movie, is
inspired by film music. With poet/novelist Thomas Shapcott, he co-wrote the opera White Stag of Exile. He describes
his style as unashamedly lyrical and accessible, perhaps somewhat like Prokofiev.
Bremner has arranged and orchestrated many works including: (with Christopher Palmer) a new orchestration of
Minkus's Don Quixote for the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden and The Gondoliers for 8 instruments for
Opera Factory Zurich, a reconstruction of the famous Friedhofer score for William Wyler's film The Best Years of our Lives.
He has also worked as a conductor re-recording famous film scores including (with the Australian Philharmonic)
Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons and (with the London Philharmonia Orchestra) Lawrence of Arabia
and The Big Country.
Music Composed and Conducted* by Tony Bremner
Played by The Orchestra of Sydney Opera* & Adelaide# & Queensland Symphony Orchestras
Conducted by Mike Kenny# & Werner Andreas Albert
Tracks:
1. The Everlasting Secret Family - The Family (01:36)
2. The Everlasting Secret Family - Doberemu Galavide; Ruverai (05:34)
3. The Everlasting Secret Family - Revosonabe; Pottery; Ritual Dance (06:24)
4. The Everlasting Secret Family - The Lovers (02:55)
5. The Everlasting Secret Family - End Titles (03:22)
6. A Halo for Athuan - Hagiography; Heist; Helicopter (02:54)
7. A Halo for Athuan - Over the Wall (01:37)
8. A Halo for Athuan - Distillery; Headstone (02:31)
9. A Halo for Athuan - Helicopter II (00:41)
10. A Halo for Athuan - Roma! (01:37)
11. A Halo for Athuan - Mother Paul's Prayer (03:13)
12. A Halo for Athuan - Riverside (01:37)
13. A Halo for Athuan - The Pageant (07:33)
14. A Halo for Athuan - End Titles (01:44)
15. Kindred Spirits - Suite (12:20)
Source: Southern Cross CD (my rip)
Format: FLAC(RAR), ADD Stereo
File Size: 237 MB (incl. covers, booklet)
Enjoy! Don't share! Buy the original! :)
Download Link (FLAC re-up) - https://mega.nz/#!7jIFSQIA!WnyWfBMh8WuBQMh2x7Mz2W8y4k1JF85YRn4vwtVL8fo