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• Radha: A Celtic Christmas; computer-set 

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• Sahar: A Celtic Christmas; computer-set 

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• Farquhar: A Christmas with Carols; facsimile 

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• Jagger: A Poet's Requiem; facsimile 

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Jack Prelutsky is a prolific and widely anthologised American poet, whose poetry is mostly written for children. My introduction to his poetry was through the book The Dragons are Singing Tonight, and in 1996 I set a selection of those poems for choir and brass band. Subsequently I have set many of his poems, including a second cycle Monday’s Troll. In 2005 I wrote Awful Ogre’s Awful Day as an offering to Napier Civic Choir on the occasion of the choir’s 40th anniversary. The choir had performed The Dragons are Singing Tonight previously, and I had intended this new work to be also performed with brass band. A performance never took place, and for several years the score remained just as a vocal score. When I was invited to conduct Napier Civic Choir in 2010 I decided it was time the work saw the light of day, although it would need to be scored for chamber orchestra to match the forces available in the concert (the major work being Haydn’s Nelson Mass).

Almost all the poems are written from the title character’s point of view and in the first person, and I have had to divide the poems between choir and solo baritone who represents Awful Orgre.

The cycle Awful Ogre’s Awful Day is, as the title suggests, a cycle of text which takes us through the title character’s day: he rises and then grooms himself employing some rather unpleasant sounding cosmetics! Awful Ogre fancies himself to be musical (and later a dancer) and boasts of his abilities on bass, xylophone, bongo drums, and as a singer. In the fourth movement he also boasts of how awful lhe is: “…the awfulest of all.”

David Hamilton

• Hamilton: Awful Ogre's Awful Day; computer-set 

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• Hamilton: Awful Ogre's Awful Day; computer-set  Year: 2010 

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• Farquhar: Bells in their Seasons; facsimile 

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• Farquhar: Bells in their Seasons; facsimile 

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• Farquhar: Bells in their Seasons; facsimile 

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• Wells: Benedicite Aotearoa; computer set 

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• Wells, J.: Benedicite Aotearoa; computer-set 

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Commissioned by the Schola Cantorum of Dunedin to celebrate its 125th Jubilee in 1988, this work for for soprano soloist, mixed choir and orchestra sets the first part of S. Francesco d’Assisi’s Canticle of Brother Sun.

The Canticle is an expression of the medieval belief in the beauty, goodness and intelligibility of the created world. It is also an expression of Francis’s own idea of all creation living in a spirit of fraternity and community. This vision of the total reconciliation of humanity with the universe is symbolized in a number of ways. One such is the ordering of the elements in pairs, which combine the masculine and feminine: sun-moon, wind-water, fire-earth.

In this setting, the soprano soloist represents the feminine principle, and the choir the masculine. A version of the work has been arranged for a smaller orchestra, with organ replacing the strings. The work has been described by one critic as “one of the most exciting and satisfying works for choir and orchestra by a New Zealander”, and by another as a work which “will undoubtedly continue to be performed regularly on account of its accessibility and performability”.

• Speirs: Cantico del Sole; facsimile 

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• Speirs: Cantico del Sole; facsimile 

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• Cantico del Sole 

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The text for this work draws on ideas and images from a number of sources, ranging from contemporary poetry to the psalms of the bible. It is a son of celebration of the Earth and all its abundance. The initial form of the text was devised by Deirdre McOnie. The work is a joyous song of praise. More reflective music alternates with rhythmic writing. Throughout, the music makes much use of syncopation. “Celebrate the Earth” was originally written for an overseas competition whose theme was “A Celebration of Earth Day”. This revised and orchestrated version was written on a commission from Auckland Choral Society for their 2000 concert season. It was one of five choral fanfares commissioned for their subscription series. The concert for which this fanfare was written was to be a Bach 250th anniversary concert. the scoring is for Baroque orchestra including harpsichord and organ. Given the nature of the concert I couldn’t resist including a short reference to the BACH musical motive (B-flat – A – C – B natural in pitch terms). It appears in the brief organ solo towards the end of the work. “Celebrate the Earth!” is dedicated to the Auckland Choral Society and their conductor Peter Watts. Its commissioning was made possible by a grant from the Lottery Grants Board. The first performance took place on 24 March 2000 at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland. This subsequent version for expanded orchestral forces, including jazz band instruments, was made for Youth arts 2000, a celebration of artistic performances by young people held in Wellington in August 2000. It was intended as a massed item at the end of the final concert, hence the inclusion of jazz bands in the scoring as well as a large orchestra.

• Hamilton: Celebrate the Earth (extended version); computer-set 

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• Hamilton: Celebrate the Earth; computer-set 

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• Celebrate the Earth 

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• Parker: Credo; computer set 

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• Parker: Credo; computer-set 

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• Brent Parker: Credo 

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• Brent Parker: Credo, Guitar Concertinos, En France 

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• Ritchie A.: Dogwobble and other songs; facsimile 

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• Ritchie A.: Dogwobble and other songs; facsimile 

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