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• Hextall: Beating Cry; computer-set 

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Crisp, quiet bubblings quickly escalate to organised chaos, only to be disconcerted by the trombone. Eventually restraining the woodwinds, the trombone comes to the fore with a slow melodic passage. Reminders of the opening effervescence gradually infect the calm, boiling to a frenzied finish.

• Morgan: disconcerted effervescence; computer set 

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• Works by Rachael Morgan 

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• Disconcerted Effervescence  Year: 2005 

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• Shepherd: Fantasia; facsimile 

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Scored for flute, clarinet, vibraphone/marimba, piano, violin, viola and cello, this piece was written for performance by members of the Stockhausen’s ensemble, including parts designed specifically for Aloys Kontarsky, Siegfried Palm, and Cristoph Caskel, who, at the time, were the world’s leading performers of contemporary music. To the composer it seemed unlikely the work could ever be played in New Zealand, although it is noteworthy that Douglas Lilburn chose this as the first score to publish under his newly founded Waiteata editions imprint, such was his admiration for the composer’s achievement. However, with growing numbers of skilled and committed performers in New Zealand, ‘For Seven’ eventually received its New Zealand premiere in 1992, by the new music ensemble CadeNZa. Since then it has had several other fine performances here, and well as others in Europe. Recognition of the work’s status within our musical canon can be judged from the simultaneous CD publication of two different versions of the work, one by the UK-based ensemble Lontano conducted by Odaline de la Martinez, and another by Stroma. ‘For Seven’ was one of the first pieces to combine elements from the two major European schools of the time – the Eastern European cluster music, and the serialism of Boulez and Stockhausen. The piece consists of various lines of composed accelerandi and ritardandi, determined by a network of simple numerical ratios. These ratios also govern other aspects of the piece, such as the lengths of sections and the pitch intervals used. Combined with the highly structured ‘foreground’ material is more amorphous ‘background’ material (including some improvisatory elements), with frequent interaction between the two. Though the construction of the piece is complex, the result had a natural musicality and flow. McLeod has said that, although she was not conscious of it at the time of composition, she now hears clearly the influence of the sounds of the New Zealand bush. (Programme note: Mark Jones).

• McLeod: For Seven; facsimile  Year: 1967 

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• Lontano: New Zealand Women Composers 

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• Waiteata Collection of New Zealand Music Vol. 5 - Composer Portrait: Jenny McLeod 

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• Whitehead/McLeod  Year: 1972 

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This piece is a musical foundry. My focus is on metal: sawn, hammered, melted, poured, moulded, cast, polished… The melodic material is based on pitch analyses of the sounds of drilling, hammering and sawing. I want to melt the material down to a metallic gleam. Foundry was commissioned by Continuum with funds from the Laidlaw Foundation.

• Palmer: Foundry; computer-set 

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• Palmer: Foundry; computer-set 

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• Palmer: Foundry; computer-set 

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• Palmer: Foundry; computer-set 

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The work began as a series of four miniatures; however, as is often the case, matters have progressed somewhat beyond mere frippery.

All the movements seem to me to have a questioning quality to them which seemed to coincide with some philosophical angst of my own, the details of which are irrelevant. This is in no way programme music and I would merely like for the listener to perhaps reflect on questions in their own lives, whatever they may be.

I have utilised wordless soprano alongside some Latin verse. In particular the very opening of the Mass for the Dead and the first half of the In Paradisum from the same Mass which is sung in the original Gregorian Chant. My home town of Christchurch has suffered terribly during the past 12 months and I wanted somehow to reflect this in some small way.

• Young: Four Questions, No Answers; computer set 

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• Kenneth Young: Four Questions, No Answers; audio 

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In 1987 the composer visited China and searched out the music of some of China’s so-called minority peoples. Field records made on this visit form the core of the work: the instrumental writing is mean as an enchancing backdrop to direct our listening to the ‘interior’ of the music.
First is heard to long-ge, a three-bladed Jews harp of the Yi nationality (Sichuan province). Next three women of the Miao nationality (Guizhou province) sing a melody of strong character with long notes and leaping intervals further enhanced by the gradual melting into a unison. The words mean “though we die, our songs like mountains, go on forever”. Finally we hear an ensemble of lusheng played by youths of the Ge nationality (Guizhou province) accompanying a dance. This six-piped bamboo mouth organ is common in the south of China and is found in various forms throughout Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and parts of Indonesia.

Notes taken from Ritual Auras, Atoll CD (ACD 842)

• Body: Interior; facsimile 

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• Jack Body: Interior; video (complete) 

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• Ritual Auras - Karlheinz Company  Year: 2011 

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Le Marteau du Destin is a collection of haiku set for female voice with chamber ensemble. It is in five movements. The texts were taken from Japanese poets and were chosen because of their association with nature.

“Before this autumn wind/ Even the shadows of mountains/ Shudder and tremble”-Issa

“When I went out/ In the spring meadows/ To gather violets, I enjoyed myself/ So much that I stayed all night” – Akahito

“The long, long river/ A single line/ On the snowy plain” – Boncho

“Gathering wild strawberries/ My humble treat” – Basho

“O autumn winds,/ Tell me where I’m bound, to which/particular hell” – Issa

• Toan: Le Marteau du Destin; computer set 

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• Toan: Le Marteau du Destin; computer set 

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Early in 2001, I was elated at the arrival of my first child, George. Observing him grow and develop in the last 6 months has rekindled the vague memories and nebulous feelings from my own early life, and has prompted me to wonder what memories, feelings, sights and smells etc he will remember in years to come. I am sure that these musings are not new and have occurred millions of times for many millennia, but I have still found them rather special. Perhaps the slower parts of the piece portray a nostalgic and retrospective perspective, and perhaps the faster gestures depict some animated conversations as heard by a newborn.

• Cree Brown: Memories Apart; computer set 

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• Cree Brown: Memories Apart; computer set 

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• Cree Brown: Memories Apart; CD 

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• Norris: Momenta; computer-set 

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• Norris: Momenta; computer set 

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