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James Gardner  

Charge

Duration: 01' 00" Year: 1997, r. 1999
for any member of the oboe family

  • Programme Note

    This short piece was written as a twenty-first birthday present for clarinettist Esther Smaill. The melodic fragment heard at the outset soon skitters over its own unstable surface, mutates into fanfare-like repetitions, is spliced with momentary cantabile inserts, is interrupted by slow motion signposts, and blows itself out in a final burst of energy.

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James Gardner  

Charge

Duration: 01' 00" Year: 1997
for any member of the clarinet family

Ray Twomey  

Cinc! (Opus 5)

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 1962
for marimba (or mandolin) and harp (or piano)

James Gardner  

Given what we gather takes place

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 2003, r. 2004
for clarinet and percussion

  • Instrumentation
    can be performed on any of the clarinets; choice of percussion instruments left to performer
  • Programme Note

    This is the “permanent exhibit” from the work in progress called ‘given what we gather takes place’. The model for the whole work is that of a museum in which some exhibits are on permanent display, and others are brought up from the storeroom. In other words, some sections of music are always to be played, while others are chosen by the performers from a pool of material to present a unique exhibition for each performance. The percussionist’s instrumental collection is similarly assembled; some categories of instruments are specified while others are chosen by the percussionist with the added stipulation that some aspect of the instruments chosen must be unique to the location of the performance. The music of this particular “exhibit” alludes to, but does not use, folk-like material and is conceived as a playful sparring match between two friendly opponents. ‘given what we gather takes place’ was commissioned by Resonate Duo, to whom it is dedicated, with funding from Creative New Zealand.

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Ross Harris  

Ricochet

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1999
for three percussionists

David Farquhar  

Three for Two

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1995
three pieces for clarinet with guitar

Alex Taylor  

two movements

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2012
for Bass Clarinet and Viola

  • Instrumentation
    alternatively Cello and Viola, or Contrabass Clarinet and Cello
  • Programme Note

    these short pieces undertake a very limited exploration of vertical (harmonic) and horizontal (melodic) musical spaces. for me these are avenues for further experimentation; the opening gestures of a meditation.

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