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• Besser: 5757; computer-set 

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• Besser: 57 57 

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In 1995 I was approached by the NZSO to write an overture to commemorate the recent death of New Zealand’s most famous war hero, Sir Charles Upham. Upham was famous for having won the Victoria Cross twice for bravery during World War II. He was, however, extremely modest when it came to discussing his achievements. Some years before his death it was suggested to Upham that he have a state funeral; he simply replied, “A bugle will do”. This comment seemed like a good starting point for my piece.

There are no bugles in the orchestra, but the opening section depicting the horrors of battle contains plenty of brass. Sub-titled Maleme and Ruweisat Ridge, the music is fast and furious, built from several motifs, and includes the opening rhythm for the most well known Maori haka (war dance), Kamate, kamate. The music builds to a climax, and the scene changes to a bleak Colditz Castle, where Upham was imprisoned during the war. While in prison he dreams of rural NZ, and the farm near Kaikoura called ‘Landsdowne’, where he eventually settled after the war. This brief pastoral section links into a coda celebrating the outbreak of peace. Motifs from earlier in the piece return but changed into brighter modes. ’

A Bugle Will Do was first performed by the NZSO in 1996 under Andrew Sewell, and was subsequently performed in the USA.

• Ritchie, A.: A Bugle will Do; computer-set 

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• Ritchie A.: A Bugle will do; facsimile 

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• Anthony Ritchie: A Bugle will Do; video 

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• Anthony Ritchie: A Bugle Will Do 

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• Sound Barrier  Year: 2006 

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• Fanfares for a New Millennium  Year: 2000 

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This fanfare for full orchestra was “…refreshing… (Its) gradual thickening of layers of bird calls to abrasive Varesian dissonances near the end had a concise dramatic momentum and coherence.” lan Dando, NZ Listener. (It) “…begins with sounds that could only be New Zealand ones.” LCM Saunders, NZ Herald.

• de Castro-Robinson: Aurora; facsimile 

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• Eve de Castro-Robinson: Aurora 

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• Eve de Castro Robinson: Works 3 

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• Sinclair: Balfour & Paterson-A Dedication; computer-set 

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• NZ Works for Orchestra 

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• A Musical Six - Instrumental and orchestral works 

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• Marshall: Chaconne; computer-set 

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• Marshall: Chaconne; computer-set 

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• Marshall: Chaconne  Year: 1998 

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This work has been performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and broadcast live by Radio New Zealand.

• Bowater: Chameleon; facsimile 

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• Bowater: Chameleon; facsimile 

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• Works for Orchestra: Farr, Blake, Keay, Bowater 

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• APO Commissions of NZ Music 1995 - 1997 

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• Young, K.: Dance; computer-set 

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• fast forward 1998: dance in education  Year: 1998 

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• Kenneth Young - orchestral music  Year: 1998 

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This work for full orchestra was commissioned by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. It is inspired by a quote from Comte de Salvandy, “Nous dansons sur un volcan”, said just before the revolution of 1830. The composer comments, “Like many New Zealanders I was born pretty much on a fault line and see music straddling that faultline between emotion and intellect – a harmony of fantasy and logic.”

• Cresswell: Dancing on a Volcano; computer-set 

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• Lyell Cresswell: Dancing on a Volcano; audio 

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• Landscapes: New Zealand Orchestral Music 

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