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Radha Sahar (née Wardrop)  

A Celtic Christmas

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 2000
for unison/SATB choir and keyboard or guitar accompaniment

Kathryn Lauder  

Noisy types

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2002
a short set of three fun pieces suitable for students

  • Instrumentation
    oboe/ violin duet (or other instruments with the same range), clarinet in B flat, violin section (at least 2 players), cello or cello section; Perc 1: glockenspiel. triangle, slide-whistle, whistle, egg-shakers, cap-gun or 2x 'party poppers'; Perc 2: typewriter, woodblock, bicycle horn, aluminium frying pan, vibra-slap, piano; everybody in the group also needs to have a 'kazoo'
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Anthony Ritchie  

Piano Concerto No. 3

Duration: 18' 00" Year: 2008
for piano and orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    solo piano and 2222;4231; timp; 2 perc; strings
  • Programme Note

    This concerto is a sunny and life-affirming work. There are moments of reflection however, such as the slow introduction, where a long melody on piano is picked up by the strings in the orchestra. Elements of this melody become the basis for the ’allegro’ that follows which features three main ideas. The second of these, on piano with strings playing pizz. and col legno, is hyperactive and unpredictable. By comparison, the third theme that emerges on piano solo is more lyrical, and neo-classical in style. A busy development section builds to a climax and themes appear in reverse order. The fleet-footed coda features canonic entries and the movement comes to a bubbly conclusion.


    In the slow movement a modal melody is undercut by dissonances on the piano, suggesting painful memories. The melody is passed over to the flutes, and back to the piano in a quasi-improvised passage. A second theme appears on the violins, lyrical and arching. After development of the theme, the piano has a short solo that brings the music back to the opening. Following an unexpected modulation the main theme is varied by the orchestra, leading to a short, quiet coda.


    The finale is a whimsical, neo-classical piece, descriptive of the movements of wind-up toys. Dramatic gestures are really only mock-dramatic, and serious ideas give way to playful fun as ideas are shared quickly between orchestra and piano. The percussion have something to say near the end, suggesting toy soldiers, before the pieces comes to a rapid end.

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John Elmsly  

Tui

Duration: 01' 45" Year: 2007
for piano

Christopher Prosser  

Wee Happy and the Lounge Bears

Duration: 23' 00" Year: 2001
16 original dance pieces for children on violin and guitar

Alex van den Broek  

White and Pink On Light Red

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 2008
for chamber octet