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Ross Harris

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 1973
for tape

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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- Ritchie A.: Underwater Music; facsimile
  
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- Anthony Ritchie: Underwater Music
  
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Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1985
for SATB choir

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

Instrumentation
2222;422 tenor trombone 1 bass trombone 0; timpani; 3 percussion; harp (DX7); strings
Availability
- Norman: Wenceslas; facsimile
  
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- Norman: Wenceslas; facsimile
  
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- Philip Norman: Orchestral Compositions
  
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