+3mbs radio - light in dark interview
On 20 December 2022, the composer was interviewed by Tony Thomas on 3MBS about the new CD. To hear the full interview, click here (scroll to 20 December listing): https://3mbs.org.au/programs/contemporary-visions/
+ Lunchtime concert – ABC Classic FM
Recorded live in concert at the ABC Iwaki Auditorium on 24 September 2019 by ABC Classic.
ACC: Terra Australis - Lunchtime Concert - ABC Classic
+ Piano Heaven with Hoang Pham - Classic Melbourne
+ Singing the book | More to the Story
+ Book ahead, Australia: Supersense, Melbourne animation, Kakadu Man | Culture | The Guardian
+ Terra Australis – a concert linking voyages with music (limelightmagazine.com.au)
+ Australian Chamber Choir's Kakadu Man celebrates Bill Neidjie (smh.com.au)
+abc CLASSIC FM NEW WAVES PODCAST INTERVIEW with tom henry (2018)
Syzygy Ensemble – The Glen Johnston Commission Project 2018
You can now listen to the New Waves podcast on ABC Classic FM, featuring the first performance of Tom’s new work, 'Towards Patmos' in October 2018, as well as 'Salt' by Alice Humphries, performed by Syzygy Ensemble, and commissioned by Macedon Music.
Composers Alice Humphries and Tom Henry talk about the inspiration behind their works, commissioned through this special project presented by Macedon Music.
MUSIC DETAILS
1. Alice Humphries Salt (flute, clarinet in B flat/bass clarinet in B flat, violin, cello, piano) 22’13
2. Tom Henry Towards Patmos (flute/piccolo, clarinet in B flat, violin, cello, piano) 24’42
Syzygy Ensemble - Laila Engle (flutes), Tiffany Cheng (violin), Campbell Banks (cello), Robin Henry (clarinets), Leigh Harrold (piano).
Thanks to the ABC team; Chris Lawson, Jennifer Mills, interviewer Andy Aronowicz, and presenter Stephen Adams.
To listen to the podcast please visit the ABC website - https://www.abc.net.au/classic/new-waves/syzygy-glen-johnston-project-2018/10594068?fbclid=IwAR3P338KgryjShQTXZ5eF1YeCXdtzz7k80YnT9fgsCu9YFW2K_ZOWci3puc
+uncertain journeys (2017)
Australian Chamber Choir
For PROGRAMME NOTES, click HERE
Click on the following reviews of performances of Uncertain Journeys in Australia and Europe during 2017:
AUSTRALIAN ARTS REVIEW, 29 August 2017
ECHO NEWSPAPER, Darmstadt, 19 July 2017
+SHELLEY ON THE WATER(2016)
HUON QUARTET
In May 2016, Peter Donnelly’s review in the Hobart Mercury of the first performance of ‘Shelley on the water’, by the Huon Quartet, stated: ‘[Henry’s writing] shares a kinship with the open, transparent string textures of Ravel’s quartet as well as hints of the English pastoral style’
+Scenes from a poet's life (2015)
flinders quartet
ABC Radio National- The Music Show interview with Tom and live performance by the Flinders Quartet October 24 2015: Click HERE to listen to the podcast.
+Kakadu Man (2015)
Australian Chamber Choir
For Programme notes, click below:
European Performances
Australian Performances
Click on the following reviews of European performances of Kakadu Man in July 2015:
Echo Newspaper, Darmstadt, July 4, 2015
Schwäbische Zeitung, July 17, 2015
+PIANO SONATA nO. 1
Click on the following link for information on the recording by Michael Kieran Harvey on MOVE Records
In May 2011, the Piano Sonata was featured on The Music Show, ABC Radio National, featuring Michael Kieran Harvey. You can listen on this LINK
MUSIC FORUM MAGAZINE
A profile of the composer and interview appeared in 'Music Forum' magazine (Spring 2012: Vol. 18, No.4)