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John Rimmer  

A dialogue of opposites

Duration: 13' 00" Year: 1997
for cello solo

Douglas Lilburn  

Allegro Concertante

Duration: 14' 00" Year: 1944, r. 1945
for violin and piano

Jeroen Speak  

Auxetos

Duration: 10' 00"
for string quartet

Matthew Davidson  

Bergamasques

Duration: 13' 30" Year: 2013
for solo violin

Juliet Palmer  

Egg & Tongue

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1994
for string quartet

Daniel Stabler  

Farewell

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 2003
a rhapsody for cello and piano

  • Programme Note

    Farewell attempts to integrate a number of diverse musical influences ranging from traditional Maori through nineteenth century European to modern American jazz and South American tango. The body of the piece is melodic and harmonious, but is framed by abstract episodes. To achieve these abstract sounds, the Cello plays microtones and a few varieties of distortion effects, some sounding as birds. The piano is ‘prepared’ by inserting a small piece of foam rubber under the lowest octave of strings and also by having the player strum directly on the strings with either a piece of felt or a rubber piano tuner’s mute. As the title suggests, Farewell includes elements of nostalgia, mystery, and pathos. The feelings one may have on saying good-bye to the present and viewing the future with a bit of apprehension. A time for re-evaluation.

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Helen Fisher  

Matairangi-1

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1996
for cello and piano

  • Programme Note

    Matairangi – 1 for cello and piano is in one movement with two sections: the first is more percussive and energetic, while the second is more melodic. It was partly inspired by the changing and contrasting moods of sea, wind and sky that shape Wellington’s hilly and exposed environment. The title, combining two Maori words, ‘Matai’ meaning ‘sea’ and ‘Rangi’ meaning ‘sky’, is an original name for one of Wellington’s more prominent hills, Mount Victoria.

    Matairangi – 1 was commissioned by Chamber Music New Zealand for James Bush and Sarah Watkins to premiere in 1996, and the funds for the commission were provided by Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa.

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Anthony Ritchie  

Meditation

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 2008
for violin and piano

  • Programme Note

    Meditation was commissioned by Tessa Petersen and John Van Buskirk for performance in a concert celebrating the opening of the Chinese Gardens in Dunedin, New Zealand, 2008. The piece takes an ancient Chinese poem as its point of departure, a text that focuses on Nature and its relationship to humans. The music spontaneously expresses thoughts of Nature and beauty, using simple ideas based around modes, repeated ostinati, and a mixture of long melodic lines and shorter motifs. Various timbres on both instruments are explored, and the pianist plays on the strings of the instrument with mallets at the beginning and end of the piece. The piece is structured in 3 main sections: slow-faster-slow, and all sections are played without a break.

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Gareth Farr  

Mondo Rondo

Duration: 12' 00"
for string quartet