Catch Me If You Can
Dickson Amy & Mso
Catch Me If You Can
Dickson Amy & Mso
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 25th February\n2013
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One of the most brilliantly talented and internationally\nrespected saxophonists, Australia’s Amy Dickson, will be releasing\nher next album Catch Me If You Can through ABC Classics, in what is\na major coup for the label.
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The album features a repertoire that is both close to her\npersonally and a wonderful exploration of the possibilities for\nclassical saxophone, and features works by some of the film world’s\nlegendary composers.
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With classic film scores performed alongside the Melbourne\nSymphony Orchestra, familiar favourites come to life with\nbreathtaking beauty and emotion that perfectly showcase the\nunmistakable passion and virtuosic technique of Amy’s playing.
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Catch Me If You Can features John Williams’ Escapades for\nalto
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saxophone and orchestra, Michael Kamen’s Concerto for Saxophone\n(the score for which was personally given to Amy by Michael Kamen’s\nfamily) and one of Amy’s particular highlights, Mark Knopfler’s\niconic score for the brilliant 1983 film, Local Hero, arranged for\nconcert performance by the brilliant young Australian film composer\nJessica Wells.
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Sure to be a hit with film lovers and aficionados of the\nsaxophone alike, Catch Me If You Can sees one of Australia’s most\ntalented musicians returning home for this exciting new stage in\nher recording career with ABC Classics.
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Amy Dickson performs with the world’s leading orchestras,\nincluding the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic\nOrchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, and\nthe Sydney Symphony. She is deeply committed to the development of\nnew repertoire for the saxophone, and has made a substantial\ncontribution to the orchestral, chamber and solo repertoire.
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A brilliant interpreter of contemporary music, she is equally\ndevoted as a champion of established saxophone repertoire,\nregularly performing the concertos of Glazunov, Debussy,\nVilla-Lobos, Ibert, Larsson and Milhaud. In 2010 she performed\nHarrison Birtwistle’s Panic with Bramwell Tovey, David Jones and\nthe Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
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She regularly commissions new works, and makes arrangements of\nexisting works from other instrumental repertoire. Ross Edwards,\nGraham Fitkin, Steve Martland, Huw Watkins, Martin Butler, Michael\nCsanyi-Wills, Cecilia McDowall and Timothy Salter have all\ndedicated works to her, and composers currently writing for her\ninclude Peter Sculthorpe, Geoffrey Gordon and Piet Swerts.
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Track Listing
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JOHN WILLIAMS b. 1932
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Escapades for alto saxophone and orchestra
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1 I. Closing In
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2 II. Reflections
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3 III. Joy Ride
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MICHAEL KAMEN 1948-2003
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Concerto for Saxophone
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4 I. [First movement]
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5 II. [Second movement]
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6 III. [Third movement]
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MARK KNOPFLER b. 1949
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arr. JESSICA WELLS
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Local Hero Saxophone Concerto
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7 I. Mist Covered Mountains
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8 II. Smooching
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9 III. Boomtown
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10 IV. Going Home
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Review
Kate Rockstrom
Amy Dickson has done a lot for classical saxophone in Australia, getting some really amazing recordings out there of works not often heard. This new recording is no different in that it’s got exciting and contemporary works with the flavour of cinematic music throughout. It starts with the John Williams (of Star Wars fame) Escapades for alto saxophone and orchestra, which gives the album it’s name, as it was the featured work in the Hollywood movie, Catch Me If You Can. There’s a fantastic Concerto by Michael Kamen in the middle and then the crowning glory (for a person who grew up listening to the Local Hero soundtrack thanks to her parents) is a Saxophone Concerto based solely on the soundtrack. It’s a stunning work, with so many beautiful melodies instantly recognisable. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is glorious, with local conductor Benjamin Northey at the helm. This is a must have recording for 2013.
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