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First performed at The Great Hall of the Christchurch Arts Centre on 10 May 1991 the Sonatina for Violin and Piano was played by Fiona Pears (viola) and Jill Pears (piano).

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• Biddington: Sonatina for Violin and Piano; facsimile 

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• Biddington: Flutes Concertos and Chamber Music  Year: 2001 

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• Alfred Hill: String Quartets Vol. 1  Year: 2007 

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The manuscript of String Quartet No. 6 in G major bears the date 31st September, 1927, indicating it was most likely composed in Sydney. Its nickname The Kids refers to the fact that Hill was at the time Professor of Composition at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music and intended this work to be performed by students. While it is relatively simple in both its construction and playability, it is nevertheless a most attractive work set in an earlier style, at times Schubertian, at other times Haydnesque, yet one cannot escape the unique mannerisms of Hill. The slow movement with its simple repeated chords accompanying a series of scale-like motives produces a surprisingly beautiful result, not unlike the music of Greig.

Donald Maurice
from Alfred Hill – String Quartets Vol. 2, NAXOS

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• Alfred Hill - String Quartets No. 5, No. 6 and No. 11  Year: 1997 

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• Statham: Such Sweet Sorrow; computer-set 

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• In Retrospect - Quintets, Quartets and Trios by Keith Statham 

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• Keith Statham: ...of wine and roses  Year: 2011 

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• Biddington: Suite for Violin and Piano; facsimile 

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• Biddington: Suite for violin and piano; facsimile 

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• Eric Biddington: Tunes and Airs  Year: 1998 

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a microscore for violin and cello, premiered by Johnny Chang (violin) and Jessica Catron (cello) on 2 May 2005 at ‘line space line@selah’, California, USA.

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• Yvette Audain: "that's nice!'  Year: 2005 

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• Biddington: Three Pieces for cello and piano; facsimile 

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• Music for Friends: the chamber music of Eric Biddington  Year: 1997 

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Written in Hiroshima while I was a Master’s student at Elisabeth University of Music, and first performed at my graduation concert from that institution. The piece opens with the ascending four-note motif from Debussy’s The Snow is Dancing from the Children’s Corner suite; gradually the motif is repeated in various ranges of both instruments, followed by soft passages from firstly piano, then violin. The piece concludes with the transposed motif heard over a chordal ostinato. The piece was influenced in some way by the music of Morton Feldman, whom I was studying at the time. Published by Wai-te-ata Press Music Editions, Wellington, and released on CD in a performance by Mark Menzies and Dan Poynton, on Wai-te-ata WTA001.

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• Carey: Tombeau; facsimile  Year: 1994 

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• Waiteata Collection of New Zealand Music Vol. 1 - A Violin and Piano Recital  Year: 1999 

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Transylvanian Dances was commissioned by The Jade String Quartet (Miranda Adams, William Hanfling, Robert Ashworth, Claudia Price) for their Arts on Tour series of concerts, October 5-28, 2007. The piece was funded as part of the composer’s work at the University of Otago.


Transylvanian Dances is based on two folk tunes that appear on the album The Lost Jewish Music of Transylvania (HNCD 1373), by the Hungarian group Muzsikas. These folk tunes were well known to Jewish communities in Transylavania before the Second World War but were lost following the holocaust. In the 1990s, Muzsikas combined forces with two old Gypsy players who could still remember the tunes. Together they reconstructed the items in full, bringing to life music that had been silent for 50 years.


In Transylvanian Dances the tunes are transcribed and arranged for string quartet, and also developed into original passages of music, in an improvisational manner. Most motifs are derived from the folk music, but some additions are made, particularly in the harmonies. Some of the timbres in the quartet are designed to mimic the sound of the cimbalom, a Hungarian percussion instrument. The low-pitched, chugging chords on viola and cello also conjure up a familiar sound from Transylvanian folk bands.


Acknowledgement
The composer gratefully acknowledges permission from Muzsikas to use these two folk tunes in Transylvanian Dances.

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• Jade String Quartet - string quartet on tour 

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52 short tunes with a beat. European styled fiddle tunes with Celtic, English, Balkan and Klezmer influences.

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• Accordatura Violin - Chris Prosser 

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