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Anthony Ritchie  

A Bugle will Do

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 1995
for full orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    pc2233cb; 2331; timp.; 3 perc (triangle, tomtoms, bass drum, suspended cymbal, xylophone, tam tam, log drum); strs
  • Programme Note

    In 1995 I was approached by the NZSO to write an overture to commemorate the recent death of New Zealand’s most famous war hero, Sir Charles Upham. Upham was famous for having won the Victoria Cross twice for bravery during World War II. He was, however, extremely modest when it came to discussing his achievements. Some years before his death it was suggested to Upham that he have a state funeral; he simply replied, “A bugle will do”. This comment seemed like a good starting point for my piece.

    There are no bugles in the orchestra, but the opening section depicting the horrors of battle contains plenty of brass. Sub-titled Maleme and Ruweisat Ridge, the music is fast and furious, built from several motifs, and includes the opening rhythm for the most well known Maori haka (war dance), Kamate, kamate. The music builds to a climax, and the scene changes to a bleak Colditz Castle, where Upham was imprisoned during the war. While in prison he dreams of rural NZ, and the farm near Kaikoura called ‘Landsdowne’, where he eventually settled after the war. This brief pastoral section links into a coda celebrating the outbreak of peace. Motifs from earlier in the piece return but changed into brighter modes. ’

    A Bugle Will Do was first performed by the NZSO in 1996 under Andrew Sewell, and was subsequently performed in the USA.

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David Farquhar  

A Little Song-Suite

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1995
Three songs for high voice and piano

Ronald Dellow  

A Voice

 Year: 1995
song for mixed voices

Ross Carey  

A wish

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1995
for guitar

  • Programme Note

    I. Preludio is based on the phrase heard at the start of the piece; elaborated with triadic harmonies. II. Variazioni is a simple intervallic theme with variations. Composed for guitarist Kazuhito Yamashita, who requested a piece for solo guitar. He first performed the work at Kirishima, Kyushu in February, 1996.

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Tecwyn Evans  

Akaroa

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1995
for SATB choir

Radha Sahar (née Wardrop)  

All Things

 Year: 1995
a song for children

Ross Harris  

... and the final sky

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1995
for unaccompanied SATB choir

  • Programme Note

    This work was inspired by seeing interviews with returned servicemen on the television programme New Zealand at War. The emotional power of their recollections of long hidden experiences led me to look for ways to express my feelings about the horrors of war. The setting attempts to make a stark contrast between the imagery of the poetry and the music.
    (Ross Harris 1996)

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Eric Biddington  

Andante

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1995
for horn and piano

Dugal McKinnon  

Architrave

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 1995
for piano

David Gordon  

Away in a Manger

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1995
For unison choir and piano or organ; violin, oboe or other C instrument.