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Gillian Whitehead  

Five Bagatelles

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 1986
for solo piano

Jack Body  

Five Melodies

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 1982
for piano

Anthony Ritchie  

Night-Piece

Duration: 16' 00" Year: 1987
for piano

  • Programme Note

    Night-piece was composed in 1986 with the assistance of an Arts Council grant, and first performed by the composer in April 1987. Sharon Joy Vogan subsequently recorded the work for Concert FM (now Radio New Zealand Concert). The one continuous movement is divided into seven sections, linked by recurring motifs. Five of these sections describe dreams, while the opening and closing sections represent the gradual drifting off to sleep, and waking from sleep, respectively. Rather than being specifically programmatic, Night-piece attempts to evoke strongly-felt sensations and emotions from the sub-conscious mind.

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John Elmsly  

Sonata

Duration: 14' 00" Year: 1988
For solo piano

Philip Norman  

Sonata

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1981
for piano

David Griffiths  

Sonata in C

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 1988
for piano

Gillian Whitehead  

Tamatea Tutahi

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 1980
for piano

David Farquhar  

Telephonic 13: Sun And Shadow

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 1986
for piano

Shen Nalin  

The Spirit of Qin

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 1986, r. 2000
for solo piano

  • Programme Note

    This work is the 5th movement of the piano suite Cao Tang, inspired by the character and poetry of the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu (712 – 770). Spirit of The Qin refers to Du Fu’s poem, “On Receiving the News of the Imperial Forces Recapturing Henan and Hebei”. During the second half of his life, Du Fu had lived as a fugitive. The poem expresses his feelings on hearing that Hebei, where he was born, had been liberated. The good news came ‘like thunder’ and filled the poet with joy as he dreamed of his return home.

    The Spirit of The Qin won the 3rd Place Award in the 21st Annual Composition Contest 1990 Composers Guild USA. It was published on “Musical Works” No.4, 1992 Issue 156, Chinese Cultural Publishing Cooperation, Beijing.

    In 2002 this work was revised for the pianist and composer Gao Ping for his New Zealand tour.

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John Psathas  

Waiting for the Aeroplane

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 1988
for piano