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Gillian Whitehead  

Beloved....

 Year: 1997
for solo violin

  • Programme Note

    ‘Beloved….’’ for solo violin was written in 1997 as a birthday celebration for Australian violinist David Saffir, commissioned by his wife, writer Anna-Maria dell’Oso. The first performance, by David Saffir, was subsequently given in Sydney.

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Lissa Meridan  

blood roses

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1997
for string quintet

John Rimmer  

Bowed Insights

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1993
for string quartet

Robin Fazakerley  

Carillion

 Year: 1991, r. 2007
for cello and piano

James Gardner  

Charge

Duration: 01' 00" Year: 1997, r. 2000
for solo violin

  • Programme Note

    This short piece was written as a twenty-first birthday present for clarinetist Esther Smaill. The melodic fragment heard at the outset soon skitters over its own unstable surface, mutates into fanfare-like repetitions, is spliced with momentary cantabile inserts, is interrupted by slow motion signposts, and blows itself out in a final burst of energy.

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James Gardner  

Charge

Duration: 01' 00" Year: 1997, r. 2001
for solo viola

  • Programme Note

    This short piece was written as a twenty-first birthday present for clarinettist Esther Smaill. The melodic fragment heard at the outset soon skitters over its own unstable surface, mutates into fanfare-like repetitions, is spliced with momentary cantabile inserts, is interrupted by slow motion signposts, and blows itself out in a final burst of energy.

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Sam Piper  

Dance of the Sidhe

 Year: 1996
for string quartet

Neville Hall  

darilo

Duration: 01' 00" Year: 1999
miniature for two cellos

  • Programme Note

    A short tribute to John Rimmer for his 60th birthday, scored for two cellos. A very compressed and active piece focusing on microscopic modifications of pitch and timbre. Based on a spectral analysis of John Rimmer’s name. Premiered in Auckland by Coral Bognuda and Tom Pierard.

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Anthony Ritchie  

Dedication

 Year: 1996
for solo cello

John Elmsly  

Dialogue V

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 1997
for violin and piano

  • Programme Note

    Dialogue V for violin and piano was commissioned by Miranda Adams and Ingrid Wahlberg for performance in the Auckland Chamber Music Society Concert Series in the Sky City Theatre, May 1997. Subsequent performances have included one by Miranda Adams and Tatiana Lanchtchikova in the International Festival of the Arts in Wellington.

    These are pieces for dreaming and contemplative enjoyment, so I simply state the titles as suggestions and leave the rest to the imagination: my images need not be those of the listener.

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