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From a Quiet Place, for piano and viola

I was delighted to write this work for Patricia Pollett since I admire her musicianship and her ability to bring forth the wonderfully warm voice of the viola.

The following is an excerpt from STRINGS MAGAZINE

review by Mary Nemet.

Betty Beath's work as composer, pianist and educator is unrivalled. She actively promotes and performs the music of women composers and her works have been performed and recorded worldwide. Her composition From a Quiet Place is a fitting conclusion to this collection of Australian viola music. Inspired by Pollett's playing and her oneness with her instrument, From a Quiet Place is also influenced by the beautiful sounds of Nepalese bells. The piano intertwines in a dialogue that is integral to the whole, exquisitely underpinning the music as it moves through moods of tranquillity and meditative calm to "exaltation and a final serenity" (in Beath's own words).'

The piano

intertwines in a

dialogue that is

integral to the whole…

From a review

by Mary Nemet.

Lament for Kosovo was performed by the First Austrian Women's Orchestra conducted by Christian Benda on the 27th November, 2006 in the Konzerthaus, Vienna. Under the patronage of UNESCO, the Peace Concert was a celebration of the life and work of the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Baroness Bertha von Suttner (1905).

The work was performed by The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Larry Rachleff on 21st January, 2006, in Providence, Rhode Island, USA and by the All State String Orchestra, Texas, conducted by Tanya Simons, on 18th February, 2006 at the San Antonio Convention Center, San Antonio, USA and performed by The Trinity String Ensemble, Toronto, Canada, on the 30th April, 2006.

ADAGIO FOR STRINGS,

Lament for Kosovo

This work was recorded by the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Toshiyuki Shimada and released on Vienna Modern Masters CD3052, MUSIC FROM SIX CONTINENTS 2001 SERIES.