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Judith Whitaker  

12 Violin Pieces

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1983
for solo violin

Alison Carey  

A Disciple's Journey

 Year: 1983, r. 2009
for SATB choir, soli, organ and narrator

Helen Caskie  

Anthem for Doomed Youth

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1983
for a cappella SATB

Pepe Becker  

Aquarelle

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1983
for flute and piano

William Dart  

Away with the Fairies

Duration: 50' 00" Year: 1983
a divertissement for diva

Jenny McLeod  

Azure

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 1983
for SATB choir and piano

Alan Starrett  

Benison

 Year: 1983
for string trio

David Hamilton  

Canticle 4

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1983
for mezzo-soprano, cor anglais and piano

Chloe Moon  

Concertino

Duration: 15' 00" Year: 1983
for flute and chamber orchestra

John Rimmer  

De Aestibus Rerum

Duration: 14' 00" Year: 1983
for chamber quintet

  • Instrumentation
    clarinet, horn, violin, cello, piano
  • Programme Note

    De Aestibus Rerum was composed for the centenary of the University of Auckland in 1983, and received its first performance in November of that year. The title means ‘on the ebb and flow of things’ and the work is based on a number of distinctive rhythmic and timbral ideas which grow and recede. One hears fluidic patterns, clear octaves with coloured resonances, shimmerings and tremolos, bird-like calls and repeated notes which move frequently at different speeds. A feature of the work is the free open sounding passages marked ‘cadenzas’ for clarinet, violin, cello and horn. In two of these passages the instruments proceed independently of each other.

    This work received first prize in the chamber music category of the International Horn Society Competition in 1984 and the work was subsequently performed at the International Horn Symposium, Detmold, Germany, in September 1986 by the Virginia Tech Ensemble.

    De Aestibus Rerum was recorded by the Karlheinz Company in October 1984.

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