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February 09, 2026
This week the Australian Chamber Orchestra gives the first performances of Horizon, a diptych of two 20-minute pieces — “Visible Horizon” and “True Horizon”— which the ACO is performing on alternate concerts while on tour around Australia.
April 11, 2026
My good friends and musical partners, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, are embarking on a tour of North America.
As Matthew Gurewitsch writes in Air Mail, their performance at Carnegie Hall will be the first time that both movements of Horizon will be heard on the same concert.
The ACO is one of the great ensembles of the world. Their live performances are unforgettable. And their sparkling recording of Horizon is now available from Cold Blue Music and ABC Classics.
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and the smell of a world that has burned.
—Jimi Hendrix
My earliest musical awakening was as a drummer. From rock bands to playing timpani in a symphony orchestra, my deepest physical connections to music have been through percussion. Over the past five decades my life’s work has led me to compose music for orchestra, string quartet, human voices, piano, electronics, and a wide variety of other media. Now, in my 70s, I’ve returned to the place where I began.