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Gary Daverne  

Arabesque

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1990
for accordion

  • Programme Note

    Arabesque was originally composed, as a commissioned work, for Sarah Langley, principal accordionist with the Air New Zealand Accordion Orchestra. She premiered this work in Auckland, June 1991 at the New Zealand Accordion Championships. Sarah was New Zealand solo accordion champion in 1991 This work was later arranged for piano.

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Simon Eastwood  

Horror Vacui

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 2011
for solo accordion

  • Programme Note

    Horror Vacui refers to the notion that nature abhors a vacuum, and that an empty space will always try to fill itself with gas or liquid. This principle was widely accepted by physicists for a long time until it was disproved in the 17th Century. The term literally means ‘fear of empty space’ and in visual art has come to be associated with works which are completely filled in with detail. In writing this work I was interested in creating a musical space which compulsively wants to fill itself as if the music were being sucked out from the accordion by a vacuum.

    The work is dedicated to Martynas Levickis, for whom it was written.

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Gary Daverne  

Introduction and Toccata

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1990
for accordion

Gary Daverne  

Sonatina in C

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1989
for accordion

Gary Daverne  

Sonatina in G

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1988
for accordion

Gary Daverne  

Theme and Variations

Duration: 10' 50" Year: 1991
for solo accordion

  • Programme Note

    Theme and Variations was originally composed, as a commissioned work, for Stephanie Grey, while she was New Zealand Accordion Champion and principal accordionist with the Air New Zealand Accordion Orchestra. Stephanie was New Zealand solo accordion champion in 1985, 1987 and 1988. Stephanie premiered this work in Auckland in 1989. It was later arranged for piano.

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Gary Daverne  

Waltz for Stephanie

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 1989
for accordion