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Ross Harris  

Chaconne for Solo Viola

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 2003

Alex Taylor  

fiend lyric

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2008
for solo viola

John Elmsly  

Four Echoes

 Year: 2007
for solo viola

  • Programme Note

    Four Echoes for solo ‘cello had been taking shape slowly when news came of Douglas Lilburn’s death. For me this had many personal associations; the first New Zealand music I heard was by Douglas Lilburn, and through years at Victoria University and after I came to know him as teacher and supportive professional colleague. His music has always held a special power for me, and as I wrote musical shadows appeared in the work, particularly in the Lament which is specifically in his memory. Early in 2007 NZSO violist Peter Barber approached me about the possibility of performing the work on viola, and I was delighted to consider this and review the work for this purpose.

    John Elmsly

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Alex Taylor  

ghosts

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 2009
for solo viola

Anthony Ritchie  

Meditation op.112

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 2004
for viola and piano

Anton Killin  

Muoversi Lento

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 2008
for viola and piano

Matthew Davidson  

Music for Viola and Piano

Duration: 15' 00" Year: 2006

Rachael Morgan  

Pania

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 2004
for solo viola

  • Programme Note

    In writing this piece I was influenced by the concept of differing perspectives of time and also by Berio’s Sequenzas. I have tried to incorporate his idea of creating a polyphonic type of listening through the use of contrasting motifs, textures and tempi. The title for the work came during the writing process and led the piece to be slightly programmatic. According to Maori legend, Pania is a sea-goddess who ventured onto land only at night. There she met a man who later became her husband and together the couple bore a son. Wishing his family wouldn’t return to the sea with every sunrise, the husband cast a spell on the pair. The spell however, had the opposite effect. Pania and the boy returned to the sea forever where she became a reef, lying with her arms outstretched towards her husband.

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Eric Biddington  

Patterns

 Year: 2001
for solo viola

Eric Biddington  

Three Pieces for Solo Viola

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 2001