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Auckland City is a harbour city and often referred to as the ‘City of Sails’. This short fanfare composed in 2002 is a salute to the sailing vessels that sail and race with pride on Auckland’s sparkling Waitemata Harbour.

• Daverne: Fanfare and Procession; computer-set 

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• Gary Daverne: Gallipoli 

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Fragile Earth

Fragile Earth is a conservationist’s lament and was inspired by the anti-nuclear poem “No Ordinary Sun” written in the early 1970’s by the celebrated poet Hone Tuwhare.

The piece presents a brooding chant which undergoes variation by means of rhythmic and textural contrasts, organic growth and fragmentation.

Fragile Earth was commissioned by Tom and Anne Morris for the Ensemble Philharmonia and first performed on 20 November 2004 at the Auckland Public Library auditorium.

Fragile Earth

Fragile Earth is a conservationist’s lament and was inspired by the anti-nuclear poem “No Ordinary Sun” written in the early 1970’s by the celebrated poet Hone Tuwhare.

The piece presents a brooding chant which undergoes variation by means of rhythmic and textural contrasts, organic growth and fragmentation.

Fragile Earth was commissioned by Tom and Anne Morris for the Ensemble Philharmonia and first performed on 20 November 2004 at the Auckland Public Library auditorium.

• Rimmer: Fragile Earth; computer set 

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• Fragile Earth  Year: 2004 

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I welcomed this commission to write a small piece for Stephen De Pledge, but baulked a little at the idea it that should be related to landscape, a concept that can easily fall into cliché. But then all physical places are in fact landscape, including the street where I have lived for the last 35 years (echoes of My Fair Lady), in the city I love.

This work creates a counterpoint between my own voice and its ‘musical analogue’, as played on the piano.

• Body: The Street Where I Live; recorded part 

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• Landscape Preludes  Year: 2011 

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• Jack Body: The Street Where I Live; audio 

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• Stephen de Pledge - Landscape Preludes  

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• Stephen de Pledge plays The Street Where I Live by Jack Body 

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This piece is the result of a commission from Bryan Holden and the Auckland Mandolinata Orchestra. They wanted a work that could be premiered at an Auckland venue in October 2007, and which could then go on to a performance at an Australasian forum for players of mandolins and related instruments in 2008.

I was advised of the fact that for the premiere performance, a flautist and more than one accordion player would be available. However, at time of writing there looks to be no flautist, and only one accordion player, available for the Australian performance. Hence my decision to make the flute and accordion parts ‘optional’, with the piece able to be adequately presented using only the core ‘plectrum orchestra’ instrumentation as well. Needless to say though, it is ideal that the flute and accordion parts ARE present, as they add to the piece rather considerably, even though I couldn’t completely indulge in the creation of specifically-idiomatic solos for them!

Movement 1: in a cellar below street level
This initial inspiration for this movement came from the diverse range of musical activity presented at Auckland city performance venue The Wine Cellar. In this particular movement, listen to a tale told in music, of a hypothetical Medieval minstrel who would actually rather be a blues musician.
Movement 2: look’d @ stars
When international visitors come to Auckland, they are often blown away by the fact that even in the middle of the city, one can still see the stars in the night sky.
“look’d” = ancient; “@” = modern; “stars” = timeless.
Movement 3: SPARK!
Inspired by a gig I participated in at the beginning of November, the month which Guy Fawkes’ Night (a celebration marked by bonfires and fireworks) occurs – and there were indeed fireworks at this central Auckland gig that night.

• Audain: Three Auckland Nocturnes; computer-set 

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• Yvette Audain: Three Auckland Nocturnes; video 

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