Lachlan Brown - By the Winding River: songs from old Chinese Poems by Lachlan Brown (2024)

In the tradition of Gustav Mahler’s The Song of the Earth, Lachlan Brown weaves a series of ancient Chinese poems into a modern song cycle.

The performers are soprano Jenna Roubos, tenor Lyndon Green, violinist George Vi, and pianist Len Vorster. With the distinctive lilt of songs in the style of Mahler and his early 20th century colleagues, the music of By the Winding River captures age-old themes of wonder, family life, enjoying nature, ennui, and despair.