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• Ritchie A.: Five New Zealand Bird Songs; facsimile 

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This work attempts to shake off ‘the blues’ with playful and vigorous musical ideas. It starts slowly and in sombre mood but this is quickly swept aside by a jolting ‘allegro’. A number of motivic-like themes are presented, and linked together during the piece. The syncopated idea at the beginning recurs as a kind of rondo theme in this one-movement work. ‘Goodbye to Blues’ was commissioned by the Christchurch Youth Symphonic Band and CSM, with funding from Creative NZ. It was first performed on the band’s tour of Hawaii, in 1992. While presenting some challenges to younger players it is not overly demanding in terms of technique.

• Ritchie A.: Goodbye to Blues; facsimile 

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This work is a setting of three fragments from the poetry of Christina Rossetti (1830-1894), probably best known for poems such as ‘In the bleak mid-winter’ and ‘Love came down at Christmas’. Certainly much of her poetry has a concern with love and death, although the texts used here are all to do with singing.

The piece divides into three sections following the divisions of the text, and begins with an introductory section for the orchestra. The music of the opening choral section returns in a slightly modified form as the final section.

The work was commissioned for the Hamilton Music School held in August 1991, and was intended for the entire school to perform: choir, orchestra and symphonic band members. The scoring has some degree of flexibility as I could not be sure in advance who I was writing for.

A planned performance of the work at the Bay of Plenty Music School in early 2008, prompted a revision of the work (and the opportunity to put it onto computer). An additional stanza was also added to the second text.

• Hamilton: Rossetti Fragments; facsimile 

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• Hamilton: Rossetti Fragments; facsimile 

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The eight piano pieces for children in this suite are of Grade 2 – 3 difficulty. They appeal to the child’s imagination, so can be interpreted in many ways.

• Caskie: Seven Tingley Pieces for Children; computer-set 

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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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