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Sarah McCallum  

Aspiration's Meaning

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 2004
for voice, piano, small string ensemble, horns, tabla and percussion

Philip Brownlee  

Collaborative Improvisation

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 2000
for sampelong and recorders

Philip Brownlee  

He rimu pae noa

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 2009
for taonga pūoro (1 or 2 players), flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano

  • Programme Note

    Like many whakataukī, or traditional sayings, he rimu pae noa conveys a rich range of meanings. Literally, it describes seaweed set in motion by the tide. Metaphorically, it also refers the restlessness of a traveller, and the movement of a whole bed of seaweed in the same current alludes to a group of people working in harmony. This in particular has a strong resonance with the collaborative process from which the piece arose. The instrumental ensemble provides a framework, and a backdrop, for the improvisation of the taonga pūoro. At the same time it attempts to maintain its own identity, in conversation with the solo lines. Precisely specified gestural events are distributed in a flexible rhythmic framework,
    which aims at a balance between control and spontaneity. I am deeply grateful to Horomona Horo, for a richly rewarding collaboration, and to Richard Nunns, whose work over many years is a deep source of inspiration.

    Philip Brownlee

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Jeff Henderson  

Improvisation

Duration: 08' 19" Year: 2000
an improvisation with Agus Supriawan for voice, khendang and tumutumu (stones)

Lachlan McKenzie  

Observation

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 2001
for full orchestra with set of African drums

David Sanders  

Two Speckled Frogs

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 2001
for Africo-Cuban percussion and Kendang