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• Fanfares for a New Millennium  Year: 2000 

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Poems by Iain Lonie and Bernadette Hall, and commissioned by Tony Donaldson for performance by himself (guitar) and Robert Oliver (tenor) in 1997, with funding from Creative NZ. Originally from Dunedin, Bernadette studied Classics under Iain Lonie at Otago University. I have to thank two other Classicists with regard to the selection of these poems for setting: Andrew Barker who put me onto Iain’s poetry, and Gail Tatham who recommended Bernadette’s poems to me.

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• Ritchie A.: Five Dunedin Songs; Computer Set 

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• Ritchie A : Five Dunedin Songs; computer set 

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In 1995 a volume of New Zealand love poetry was published under the title My Heart Goes Swimming. Instead of using one of the more conventional orderings of the poems, the editors arranged the poems chronologically according to when they believed the poets had written them. My selection of poems retained this organisation, although during composition of the cycle I substituted my original choice for the final poem with Robin Hyde’s Road’s End. The poets represented in the cycle are A.R.D. Fairburn, Mary Stanley, Brian Turner, Denis Glover and Robin Hyde.

There is no real common thread which links the poems, other than their subject of love. All except the first speak directly to another person, whereas the first is descriptive of a loved one. The second poem speaks of the intimacy of love. It provides the cycle’s title in its last two lines: “I seek no other heav’n beyond your mortal face”. The third poem has the poet offering to give the reasons why love has flourished: to “…invite me to speak of the secrets I never knew I wanted to tell you”. The fourth poem uses the recurring line “I am bright with the wonder of you” to describe the various attractions of the loved one. The final song is a re-working of a piece which originally appeared as part of my Three Robin Hyde Impressions of 1993 for choir and piano. It seemed to fit here as a bittersweet farewell to love : “you have made summer golden, now you go”.

No Other Heaven was commissioned by New Zealand guitarist Tony Donaldson with funding from Creative New Zealand whose assistance is gratefully acknowledged.

• Hamilton: No Other Heaven; computer set 

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• Hamilton: No Other Heaven; computer set 

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The composer has lived for over 25 years in Ponsonby, one of Auckland’s oldest residential areas with 20th century Victorian style villas and cottages. Today, Ponsonby is caught between the glamour of renovation and the excitement of inner city living. It is a terrain of glossy expensive shops, designer boutiques, bars, restaurants and street cafes. The new elegance and romance of historic and modern architecture, living side by side, the hustle and bustle of today’s lifestyle and the panoramic harbour views is portrayed in the music.

• Daverne: Portrait of Ponsonby; computer-set 

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• Gary Daverne: Gallipoli 

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A full length symphony for large orchestra in three movements. It takes its title from the sequence of three sonnets The Islands by the New Zealand poet Charles Brasch. The music mirrors the unsettled air of the poetry and contrasts violence with delicacy and beauty as a metaphor for our times.

• Blake: Symphony - The Islands; computer-set 

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• Christopher Blake: The Islands  Year: 2002 

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• Carr: The End of the Golden Weather; facsimile 

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• Edwin Carr: Orchestral Works  Year: 1986 

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The Great Harbour of Tara is a tone poem about Wellington. A conductor’s score and fully edited parts are available.

The work starts with atmosphere – waves lapping very gently on Petone beach and the tinkle of sand. The main theme sounds on the french horn then the music builds and eventually a reference is made to the old whaling days followed by a storm (a characteristic of Cook Strait – the infamous ‘southerly’) building to hurricane force strength. The storm also alludes to the sinking of the Wahine (a Cook Strait ferry) in the ‘60s. An elegy for strings follows in honour of the victims of that disaster. The mood gradually changes to calm acceptance and on to an optimistic view of Wellington’s future, a big, full tutti . The work closes with the atmosphere of sand, surf and evening.

• Twomey: The Great Harbour of Tara (Opus 17); computer-set 

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• Reflections - Music Composed by Ray Twomey 

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• Twomey: Music for Orchestra and Concert Band 

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• Twomey: Ray Twomey  

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• Ray Twomey: The Spirit of the Land 

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Prelude and three short sections depicting the Auckland landscape.

• Hamilton: Three Auckland Postcards; facsimile 

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• Hamilton: Three Auckland Postcards; computer-set 

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• Hamilton: Three Auckland Postcards; computer-set 

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• Hamilton: Three Auckland Postcards; computer-set 

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