Australian composer John Antill is best remembered for his\nexuberant, outstandingly successful and ever-popular ballet\nCorroboree. Drawing on material Antill notated in 1913 at an\nAboriginal Corroboree (a type of ritual ceremony) in Botany Bay and\non his subsequent research on Aboriginal music, Corroboree is\nwidely recognized as a landmark in Australian music history.\nAntill’s Outback Overture is a charming concert opener, reminiscent\nof Stravinsky’s rhythmic energy, British folk melodies, Copland’s\nharmonic influence and Grainger’s humour.

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