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Maarire Goodall  

Aramoana - Pathway to the Sea

Duration: 08' 00"
for piano

Douglas Lilburn  

Chaconne

Duration: 18' 00" Year: 1946
for piano

John Rimmer  

For the Kokako

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1978
for piano

Ross Carey  

Great Wall

Duration: 15' 00" Year: 2005
for a vocalising pianist

  • Programme Note

    Written during a month-long residency in November 2005 at the Visby International Centre for Composers, in Visby on the Swedish Baltic island of Gotland, this piece was inspired by the surroundings there- the history related to its importance in the Hanseatic League and prior to that the long Viking period; and in particular the old town with it’s beautifully preserved encircling medieval town wall.

    The piece consists of seven descriptive historical episodes, and includes two poems to be narrated by the pianist in episodes 2 and 7- ‘Clouds’ and ‘Centuries’. The vocalisations are mainly sung, hummed and whistled sounds, along with the breaths of the third section indicating the onerous task of building the wall.

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David Farquhar  

Ode

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1963
for piano

Anthony Ritchie  

Olveston Suite

Duration: 07' 40" Year: 1988
six pieces for piano

  • Programme Note

    Olveston Suite was composed in 1988 while Anthony Ritchie was Mozart Fellow at the University of Otago. The manager of Olveston House in Dunedin, Mr Dennis Moore, asked Anthony to play a programme of music in Olveston, on the 1904 grand piano. In response to a joking suggestion for a piece about the house, Anthony set about composing the Olveston Suite in quick time.

    The pieces reflect qualities of the house; ‘Great Hall’ is expansive and majestic, ‘Kitchen and Scullery’ is busy and bubbling, while ‘Dining room’ suggests an old English style. The fourth piece, ‘Writing Room, Edwardian Bedroom’ is dedicated to Dorothy Theomin, the daughter of the original owners of Olveston and the last member of the family to live in the house. ‘Billiard Room, Persian Room’ is fast and jovial with an exotic middle section. The Suite is rounded off by a repetition of ‘Great Hall’, as the listener exits Olveston.

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Ross Harris  

Piano Prelude – A landscape with too few lovers

Duration: 03' 30"
a "landscape prelude" for piano

Christopher Blake  

Ribbonwood is Home (Series 1)

Duration: 23' 00" Year: 1976
5 pieces for piano

Christopher Blake  

Ribbonwood is Home (Series 2)

Duration: 18' 00" Year: 1977, r. 1978
three pieces for piano

Jack Body  

The Street Where I Live

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 2007
a "landscape prelude" for piano and CD