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Richard Bolley  

An island lilt

 Year: 1991
for two violins

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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David Farquhar  

Equali

Duration: 14' 00" Year: 1991
for two cellos

  • Programme Note

    The title “Equali” expresses the idea of sharing between two similar instruments. This happens in a variety of ways in the eight duos, but I was particularly interested in exploring the interweaving and crossing of the two violin lines and the idea of dividing ideas between them. I have always been drawn to the idea of duos, whether for equal or unequal instruments clarinets or keyboard. But the warmth and expressiveness of stringed instruments has a special appeal, which I hope comes across in this set. They also exist in a version for two violins.

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David Farquhar  

Equali

Duration: 13' 00" Year: 1991
eight duos for two violins

  • Programme Note

    The title Equali expresses the idea of sharing between two similar instruments. This happens in a variety of ways in the eight duos, but I was particularly interested in exploring the interweaving and crossing of the two violin lines and the idea of dividing ideas between them. I have always been drawn to the idea of duos, whether for equal or unequal instruments, clarinets or keyboard. But the warmth and expressiveness of stringed instruments has a special appeal, which I hope comes across in this set. They also exist in a version for two cellos.

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John Wells  

Five Miniatures

 Year: 1995
for violin and cello

Malcolm Mawhinney  

From Marama's Hold

 Year: 1994
two viola duets

  • Programme Note

    Composed while I was a student at the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand), these two viola duets originated from my first and second years, when I was studying Performance and Composition. From my third year Performance took over, to the extent that I couldn’t concentrate on Composition, so these duets are remnants of a compositional career that may still be there…waiting?…biding its time? Much of my four years at Otago were spent in Marama Hall, more precisely in the ground floor practice rooms (which were, in fact, underground). Practice Room One, my “favourite” (old piano, no chance of piano students interrupting), was most probably the place where these duets were composed. From what I remember, the Marama was a First World War hospital ship, and in the foyer of the hall a large honours board lists the men and women who served on her.

    From Marama’s Hold was premiered by Duo Resonance in April 2001 at the XXIX International Viola Congress, held in Wellington, New Zealand.

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Neville Hall  

in the folds of silence 2

Duration: 13' 00" Year: 1996
for two violins

Anthony Ritchie  

Shoal Dance

Duration: 11' 00" Year: 1997
for two violins

Ross Carey  

Sonatine

Duration: 11' 00" Year: 1998
for two violins

  • Programme Note

    In four movements: I. Gently interweaving figures shared between the two instruments. II. Over a perfect fourth ostinato, a chordal progression in free tonality. III. Varied melody and accompaniment. IV. The ostinato from the second movement is now an augmented fourth; the uneasy motion of this combines with melodic fragments to create a somewhat unsettling effect.

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Eve de Castro-Robinson  

Tumbling Strains

Duration: 15' 00" Year: 1992
for violin and cello