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This piece was inspired by the beguiling sounds of the aeolian harp to which I was first introduced by Chris Cree Brown. Said to have been first ‘discovered’ by the ancient Greeks, aeolian harps are intended to be played not by human hands, but by the wind. The strings vibrates through a range of harmonics creating an eerie effect difficult to describe.


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• Under the Southern Cross: works for cello 

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• Fanfares for a New Millennium  Year: 2000 

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A short tribute to John Rimmer for his 60th birthday, scored for two cellos. A very compressed and active piece focusing on microscopic modifications of pitch and timbre. Based on a spectral analysis of John Rimmer’s name. Premiered in Auckland by Coral Bognuda and Tom Pierard.

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• Neville Hall: Selected Works 

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• Buchanan: Peace fanfare; computer-set 

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• NZ Women Composers Vol. 6 

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• Buchanan - Peace Fanfare 

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• SOUNZfine Volume 5: New Zealand Women Composers 

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• Fanfares for a New Millennium  Year: 2000 

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New Zealand lies on one of the most volatile regions of the Earth, the so called ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’. This fanfare reminds us of the way in which the cultures of the Pacific have been shaped by powerful and often destructive natural forces. Aucklanders in particular see volcanic hills every day and should know that more will appear as they have in the past albeit at several thousand year intervals.

The music of Vulcan is thus explosive in nature. However the musical material goes beyond its volcanic inspiration and enters a sound world of drama and fantasy.

Vulcan was commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and was completed on 5 February 1999, the composer’s sixtieth birthday.

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• Rimmer: Vulcan; computer set 

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• John Rimmer  Year: 2002 

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Y2k Pacemaker is an attempt to reflect some of the increasingly frenzied apprehension associated with the coming millennium, and more specifically, the “year 2000 computer bug”. Whether computer failures will cause a slight inconvenience or be a major disruption to life seems largely a matter for conjecture. However, I find the escalating alarm (sometimes exacerbated by scaremongers) and often ensuing bizarre reactions a fascinating aspect of our psychological makeup. The main idea behind the work is a measured increase in tempo which culminates in some frenetic activity. The musical texture incorporates ordinary scalic movement and has been derived from a simple octatonic scale. (The computer on which I wrote this work is ‘year 2000 compliant’ !) I would like to thank the Auckland Philharmonia for the opportunity to write “Y2k Pacemaker” and have long admired the orchestra’s commitment to New Zealand music.

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