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David Hamilton  

Be We Merry

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 1982
for SSATB choir

Denise Hulford  

Cantata: A Disciple Dreams

Duration: 18' 00" Year: 1985
for soprano, tenor, flute, cello, organ and SATB chorus

Jack Speirs  

Cantico del Sole

Duration: 15' 00" Year: 1989
for soprano soloist, mixed choir and chamber orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    3000;0330; perc, hp, pf; strings
  • Programme Note

    Commissioned by the Schola Cantorum of Dunedin to celebrate its 125th Jubilee in 1988, this work for for soprano soloist, mixed choir and orchestra sets the first part of S. Francesco d’Assisi’s Canticle of Brother Sun.

    The Canticle is an expression of the medieval belief in the beauty, goodness and intelligibility of the created world. It is also an expression of Francis’s own idea of all creation living in a spirit of fraternity and community. This vision of the total reconciliation of humanity with the universe is symbolized in a number of ways. One such is the ordering of the elements in pairs, which combine the masculine and feminine: sun-moon, wind-water, fire-earth.

    In this setting, the soprano soloist represents the feminine principle, and the choir the masculine. A version of the work has been arranged for a smaller orchestra, with organ replacing the strings. The work has been described by one critic as “one of the most exciting and satisfying works for choir and orchestra by a New Zealander”, and by another as a work which “will undoubtedly continue to be performed regularly on account of its accessibility and performability”.

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David Hamilton  

Carol of the Flowers

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1985
for unison voices, piano and organ (optional)

Felicity Williams  

Carol of the New Zealand Bush

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1988
for SATB choir

Bryony Jagger  

Christmas Cake Carol

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1988
for SATB choir with soprano solo and organ

David Griffiths  

Cosmic Praise

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1986
for SATB choir and SATB soloists

David Hamilton  

Deus, Deus meus

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1980, r. 2005
for eight-part a cappella choir

  • Instrumentation
    SSAATTBB
  • Programme Note

    This work for unaccompanied mixed-voice choir alternates bold tonal chords with simple plainsong-like passages. The chordal writing often pits half the choir against the other half, in a type of canon effect. The plainsong-like passages are underpinned by simple repetitive drones. The text, set here in Latin, is part of the Tract for the Mass for Palm Sunday, and includes the well-known entreaty ‘My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?’.

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Felicity Williams  

Exultate Jubilate

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 1987
for SATB choir and organ