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David Farquhar  

A Christmas with Carols

Duration: 31' 00" Year: 1994, r. 1996
for SATB choir and narrator and orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    1100;0000; perc: tubular bells; strings. Narrator may be a separate speaker or from the choir. Bells may be able to be played by choir member as required only in final movement.
  • Programme Note

    This celebratory work for choir and orchestra consisting of three Christmas ‘scenes’ brings together arrangements of 15th, 16th and 17th century carols with some of the well-known traditional carols. The audience can be invited to join in with a carols in each section including O Little Town of Bethlehem, The First Nowell and O Come All Ye Faithful.

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Jack Speirs  

Cantico del Sole

Duration: 15' 00" Year: 1989
for soprano soloist, mixed choir and chamber orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    3000;0330; perc, hp, pf; strings
  • Programme Note

    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”.

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Anthony Ritchie  

Dogwobble and other Songs

Duration: 11' 00" Year: 1990
songs for mixed SAB choir and flexible instrumental ensemble

John Ritchie  

Kyrie and Gloria

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1963
for SATB choir, strings, timpani

Robin Fazakerley  

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Duration: 06' 00"
for SATB choir, chamber orchestra and pipe organ

Michael Bell  

Magnificat Antiquitatis

Duration: 1h 00' 00" Year: 2007
Sacred canticle in Latin text

Ryan Youens  

Moana Ataahua

Duration: 15' 00" Year: 2010
for orchestra with SATB choir

  • Instrumentation
    3 flutes, 3 clarinets, 2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, euphonium, tuba, violoncello (optional), string bass, timpani, percussion I (high conga, low conga, medium tom, low tom), percussion II (high bongo, low bongo, high tom, medium tom), percussion III (tambourine, high woodblock, low woodblock), percussion IV (suspended cymbal, wind chimes, triangle) and percussion V - xylophone (medium sticks), with piano and SATB choir
  • Programme Note

    Based on the simple idea: “If Lake Taupo was a piece of music, what would it sound like?”

    This mass musical work, commissioned especially for the ERUPT Lake Taupo Festival 2010 through the SOUNZ Community Commission, takes its inspiration from the people and places of Taupo.

    Featuring lyrics submitted by local writers, Moana Ataahua is a spectacular mix of symphonic, choral and percussive elements that erupts into an exciting finale.

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Ray Twomey  

Psalm 47 (Opus 9a)

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1963
for SATB choir with woodwinds, brass and percussion

Ray Twomey  

Psalm 47 (Opus 9b)

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1963
for SATB choir with woodwinds, brass and percussion

Dorothy Buchanan  

Song for the Year of the Child

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1979
for SAB choir and orchestra