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Gary Daverne  

Panapa and The Floating Island

Duration: 30' 00" Year: 1997
a musical for 8-10 year olds

Gary Daverne  

Panapa and The Mountain Fairies

Duration: 25' 00" Year: 1992
children's musical, suitable for 8-12 yr olds

Bruce Baker  

Poolside

 Year: 1995
for piano

David Farquhar  

Sixes

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 1997
six short pieces for solo piano

  • Programme Note

    These little pieces were written at various times in the 90’s, and gathered here into a set – bound together by the S’s of their titles! They do, however, also have some musical connections, particularly through their use of the interval of the 5th – both melodically and harmonically.

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Bruce Baker  

Song of Faith

 Year: 1992
for SSA choir with soprano solo and piano

  • Programme Note

    This piece was originally dedicated to Prima Voce, the Form 4 to 7 choir of Epsom Girls’ Grammar School. It was written at the request of their conductor, David Hamilton, for performance at a competition administered by the New Zealand Choral Federation. The text is a rather free translation of Proverbs 3.5, made with the intention of speaking simply in the language of today while preserving the message of the source. The tune matches the words in its simplicity and directness. However it is presented in such a way as to incorporate a number of styles of singing – unison, solo, imitation, chordal, descant – while at the same time lying well within the reach of inexperienced singers. The piano part is perhaps a little more ambitious, and requires a pianist of some years’ experience. The text is as follows: Faith is trusting God when we can not make sense of everything. Look to him in all you do, and he will help you to find the best way. Do not be limited by what you understand right now.

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David Hamilton  

Suite from Romeo and Juliet

 Year: 1993, r. 2002
for chamber orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    2222;2200;2 perc; strings
  • Programme Note

    These pieces originated in a production of Shakespeare’s play undertaken in 1993 by Epsom Girls and Auckland Grammar Schools. I was asked to provide music for several scenes. As this production set the play in early twentieth century Sicily (with all of its Mafia overtones!) some of the music took on a distinctly Mediterranean flavour. The three pieces in this suite were used with important pieces of the action in the play. The first piece is the processional which was sung by the monks, the text being taken from the Latin ‘Te Deum’. The second piece was a setting of the ‘Ave Maria’ sung during the wedding scene. The third piece was played by a small band on-stage during the ball scene, and suggests a lively tarantella.

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Gary Daverne  

The Brothers Three

Duration: 30' 00" Year: 1992
a short musical for 7-10 year olds

Helen Caskie  

The Feel of Christmas

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 1996
A carol for children

Gary Daverne  

The New Zealand Song

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1994
for voice with piano accompaniment