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Gillian Whitehead  

Antiphons

Duration: 11' 00" Year: 1980
for brass nonet

Dorothy Freed  

Aquarius March for Brass Band

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1971
for brass band

  • Instrumentation
    1 E flat cornet, 5 B flat cornets, 1 B flat repiano cornet, 1 B flat flugelhorn, 2 B flat 2nd cornets, 2 B flat 3rd cornets, 3 E flat tenor horns, 2 B flat baritones, 2 B flat euphoniums, 2 B flat tenor trombones, 1 G bass trombone, 2 E flat bass, 2 B flat bass, snare drum, bass drum, cymbal.
  • Programme Note

    Scored for full brass band (about 27 players) this work was originally written for a brass band competition.

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John Rimmer  

Arioso-Spiritoso

Duration: 06' 00"
for flugelhorn and piano

Ross Harris  

Arquebus

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 1986
for tuba and piano

Neville Hall  

beasts like shadows in glass

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2003
for solo horn

David Farquhar  

CANZ Box 4065

Duration: 01' 00" Year: 1994
for three trumpets

Anthony Ritchie  

Clouds, op.114

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 2005
for solo trombone and brass band

  • Instrumentation
    soprano cornet, solo cornets, cornets 1,2, repiano, flugel horn, solo horn, horns 1,2, baritones 1,2, trombones 1,2, bass trombone, euphoniums, E flat bass, B flat bass, timpani, 2-3 percussion, solo trombone
  • Programme Note

    The starting point for this piece was some dramatic cloud formations I experienced while in Morrinsville, near Hamilton. It was a brilliant sunny day, with occasional huge and interestingly shaped clouds floating past. They provided inspiration for the opening texture for my piece Clouds, which is flowing and slowly unfolding in character.

    Clouds can assume many different shapes and characters and this is reflected in my piece. There are stormy ideas with strong rhythms, jagged ideas built from small motifs, mysterious ideas that suggest darker clouds, bright climaxes that suggest the sun bursting through.

    The solo trombone is like a small aeroplane, weaving its way through the clouds and enjoying a rather turbulent journey. Its part is soloistic but integrated into the band texture and often underpinned by the percussion, who have an important role in sustaining the momentum of the piece. Near the end the soloist has a brief cadenza before the music rises to a rumbling climax. This passage finally disintegrates, as the clouds disperse.

    Anthony Ritchie

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Ross Harris  

Contours

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 1988
for horn and piano

Dorothy Freed  

Diversion for Ten Brass Instruments

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1967
for concert brass

David Farquhar  

Divertimento

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 1960
for brass ensemble (11 players)