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James Gardner  

Given what we gather takes place

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 2003, r. 2004
for clarinet and percussion

  • Instrumentation
    can be performed on any of the clarinets; choice of percussion instruments left to performer
  • Programme Note

    This is the “permanent exhibit” from the work in progress called ‘given what we gather takes place’. The model for the whole work is that of a museum in which some exhibits are on permanent display, and others are brought up from the storeroom. In other words, some sections of music are always to be played, while others are chosen by the performers from a pool of material to present a unique exhibition for each performance. The percussionist’s instrumental collection is similarly assembled; some categories of instruments are specified while others are chosen by the percussionist with the added stipulation that some aspect of the instruments chosen must be unique to the location of the performance. The music of this particular “exhibit” alludes to, but does not use, folk-like material and is conceived as a playful sparring match between two friendly opponents. ‘given what we gather takes place’ was commissioned by Resonate Duo, to whom it is dedicated, with funding from Creative New Zealand.

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Kathryn Lauder  

Noisy types

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2002
a short set of three fun pieces suitable for students

  • Instrumentation
    oboe/ violin duet (or other instruments with the same range), clarinet in B flat, violin section (at least 2 players), cello or cello section; Perc 1: glockenspiel. triangle, slide-whistle, whistle, egg-shakers, cap-gun or 2x 'party poppers'; Perc 2: typewriter, woodblock, bicycle horn, aluminium frying pan, vibra-slap, piano; everybody in the group also needs to have a 'kazoo'
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Ross Harris  

Ricochet

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1999
for three percussionists

Jonathan Besser  

Wellington Harbour

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 1986
for violin (or other feature instrument) and piano