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Christopher Blake  

Auckland!!!

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1999
fanfare for orchestra

Lissa Meridan  

firecracker

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 1998
for symphony orchestra

Gareth Farr  

From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs

Duration: 25' 00" Year: 1996
for full orchestra

John Psathas  

Luminous

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 1998
a fanfare for orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    pic.2220; 4331; timp.,1 perc.; strs
  • Programme Note

    Luminous was one of the ‘Century Fanfares’ commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonia from ten New Zealand composers in 1998. The composer writes: ‘When I was invited to write a fanfare for the new millennium I inevitably found myself considering the last one thousand years. For me, the single most striking feature of human history during the last millennium has been the increase in travel and the settling in foreign lands of smaller and smaller groups. In the distant past, an entire race of people would slowly traverse one continent. Today, an individual, in the space of a few days, is able to completely uproot from their homeland and settle in a country on the other side of the world. A friend of mine, Pan, moved to New Zealand from China. For her, the pressure to integrate two very different sets of beliefs proved ultimately overwhelming. This work is dedicated to her memory.’

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Philip Dadson  

MAYA

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1999
a counter-millennial fanfare for orchestra

Eve de Castro-Robinson  

Other echoes

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1998, r. 1999
fanfare for orchestra

John Elmsly  

Resound!

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1999
fanfare for orchestra

Gareth Farr  

Ruaumoko

Duration: 27' 00" Year: 1997
for full orchestra with percussion interludes

Juliet Palmer  

Secret Arnold

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1999
fanfare for orchestra

John Rimmer  

Vulcan

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 1999
fanfare for orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    3(1),2,2(1),2(1); 4331; Timp., 2 perc, harp and strings
  • Programme Note

    New Zealand lies on one of the most volatile regions of the Earth, the so called ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’. This fanfare reminds us of the way in which the cultures of the Pacific have been shaped by powerful and often destructive natural forces. Aucklanders in particular see volcanic hills every day and should know that more will appear as they have in the past albeit at several thousand year intervals.

    The music of Vulcan is thus explosive in nature. However the musical material goes beyond its volcanic inspiration and enters a sound world of drama and fantasy.

    Vulcan was commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and was completed on 5 February 1999, the composer’s sixtieth birthday.

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