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Lissa Meridan  

blast

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 2002
for orchestra

Karlo Margetic  

Dubina

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 2005
for orchestra

Lissa Meridan  

firecracker

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 1998
for symphony orchestra

Dorothy Buchanan  

Peace

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 1999
a fanfare for chamber orchestra

Dorothy Buchanan  

The Ghosts of Denniston

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 2003
for chamber orchestra

John Rimmer  

Vulcan

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 1999
fanfare for orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    3(1),2,2(1),2(1); 4331; Timp., 2 perc, harp and strings
  • Programme Note

    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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Chris Cree Brown  

Y2K Pacemaker

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1999
fanfare for orchestra

  • Programme Note

    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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