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James Gardner  

Charge

Duration: 01' 00" Year: 1997
for any member of the clarinet family

Jonathan Besser  

Chessboard Cowboy

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 2005
an improvisation for soprano saxophone and piano, with live processing

Michael Norris  

Chrysalis

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1996
for flute and tape

James Instone  

Circo II

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1996
for bass clarinet

  • Programme Note

    Circo II was written in 1996 during the composer’s course of postgraduate study at the University of Canterbury and is dedicated to Deborah Ashworth, a bass clarinettist from Wellington, who gave its first performances. The inspiration for Circo II was the desire to explore the range of sounds of a lesser-used instrument, sounds which may appear very unlike a bass clarinet. Compositions by William O.Smith (USA) and Peter Scholes (NZ) were influential during the composition of the work. The bass clarinet begins, singing in its uppermost register, rather like a male voice in its falsetto register. Soon it descends to its deepest notes, eventually breaking out in a display of harmonics, trills and ‘colour fingerings’. The work ends as it began, returning to the smooth vocal lines.

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Denis Smalley  

Clarinet Threads

Duration: 14' 00" Year: 1985
for amplified clarinet and tape

Jonathan Besser  

Cloud Formation Microscope

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 2005
improvisation for soprano saxophone and piano

Jonathan Besser  

Coldwater Light Bulb

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 2005
improvisation for bass clarinet and piano

Philip Brownlee  

Collaborative Improvisation

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 2000
for sampelong and recorders

John Rimmer  

Composition 4

Duration: 11' 00" Year: 1972
for flute and electronic sounds

John Rimmer  

Composition 7

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1973
for bassoon, piano and electronic sounds