WENDY HISCOCKS, COMPOSER
		Press Comments
		"Wendy Hiscocks is a composer of great finesse, well tuned to the fantasy-world of children, and her works for young pianists Two Pieces for Cordelia and Light are delightful, exquisite miniatures worthy to stand beside the classic children's repertoire.  She understands and nurtures piano colour, something often neglected or even negated by new composers...  For more advanced pianists there is a suite of four pieces The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and a searching piano trio called Coral Fantasy – I found a lot to savour in this compelling music."     John York, Piano magazine, March 1999 "Wendy Hiscocks's Coral Fantasy, inspired by visits to coral reefs in Hawaii and Australia, inhabits a very different sound world.  It's a  delight. In turn restful and turbulent, with brief obeisances to Prokofiev and Shostakovich, and frequent changes of tempo (and pleasingly varied tonal colourings to add interest to the listening experience), Hiscocks's piece has an unprententious charm and immediacy."      Neville Cohn, The West Australian, February 1998 "[Wendy Hiscocks’s] attractive suite Pastel & Oil... launched the evening with imaginative flair.  Each of the four short pieces are vignettes inspired by paintings by compatriot Australian and American artists.  The outer pieces, 'Morning Song' and the final, lilting 'Waltz' drew rich sonorities from the bloc textures, with tonally oriented harmony offset by some colorful dissonance, and aptly 'pastel shading' in the delicate, high, melismatic lines for flute and clarinet.  Their playful dialogues of trills and skittish gestures in the second piece 'Scherzo', formed a engaging contrast with the 'Nocturne's' eloquent rhetorical exchanges amongst the bassoon, oboe and horn."       Malcolm Miller, Pan magazine, December 1999 Home Page                   Events Page