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Ross Harris  

To a Child

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 1973
for tape

Anthony Ritchie  

Underwater Music

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 1993
for small orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    2*222; 2000; 1perc; Str(65431)
  • Programme Note

    The Auckland Chamber Orchestra requested a piece from me that adopted the theme of the sea. My title was partly motivated by the famous Handel precedent, but focuses on creatures that live in the sea. The first movement is titled ‘Seahorses’ and captures the gently undulating movements of these small creatures. More dramatic gestures suggest the ebb and flow of the sea. The second movement is titled ‘Sting rays’ and the music suggests the slowly flapping motion of the rays. In the third movement, ‘Dolphins’, the orchestra presents an energetic theme, and the movement is full of strong, upward sweeping gestures. A piccolo solo in the middle section derives from the opening, and portrays a baby dolphin. The work ends with a blow from the dolphin’s spout. This 12 minute-commissioned work was first performed in 1994, and recorded for Concert FM under the baton of John Matheson.

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David Farquhar  

Waiata Maori

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1985
for SATB choir

Philip Norman  

Wenceslas

Duration: 13' 00" Year: 1992
a Christmas cantata for unison treble choir and orchestra

Douglas Lilburn  

Wind Quintet

Duration: 11' 00" Year: 1957
for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn