The centerpiece of my recent trip to Australia was the opportunity to meet Colin Brumby, one of the world's greatest living composers. Brumby's music is varied and always enjoyable. I particularly recommend his Symphony No. 1, flute works and the Clarinet Sonatina. He has an extensive catalog of choral works with which I am less familiar, but I can recommend Jesu, Son Most Sweet and Dear, available in the U.S. on a recording called Gaudete by Soli Deo Gloria Cantorum. Many of his other works can be ordered from the Australian Music Center in Sydney.
