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Matthew Davidson  

#5

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1991
analogue tape piece

• Programme Note

  This “reverse theme and variations” was realized in Studio B of the Experimental Music Studiols at University of Illinois, Urbana, USA. Distorted beyond recognition, and then increased in speed to the point of white noise, the “theme” or sound source is revealed in the final moments. And, as should be the case, John Barrymore has the last word.

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Robbie Ellis  

#llamadrama

Duration: 12' 30" Year: 2010
for solo piano

• Programme Note

  Starting in a field close to Melbourne’s Western Ring Road, a llama lives a placid and slightly bored existence. Absent-mindedly picking at a chain-link fence, a gap appears: the animal can fit itself through and escape its confines. After a few cautious steps, it lurches forward and runs in sudden jerks. Making its way down a grassy hillside, it reaches the freeway crash barrier. Occupants of moving vehicles begin to notice the animal: “there’s a llama!” After a few tries, it successfully vaults the crash barrier and makes it onto the road itself. Vehicles whizz by and drivers honk their horns, but the llama is enjoying its freedom too much to be affected by them. Reports begin to reach news services: we hear a radio news theme and the growing noise of the Twitterverse.

  The din of chatter around Melbourne becomes overwhelming and little more than indistinguishable noise, so the llama retreats into its head and to its elated thoughts: “I’m free! I’m my own animal! This is my dream, I’m no longer bound by a chain-link fence! It’s a whole new world! There’s a smile on my face for the whole…”

  SQUEAL!! Its reverie is interrupted by an SUV with an absent-minded yet aggressive driver: the vehicle has to brake extremely suddenly to avoid hitting the llama, and misses it only by inches. Police have arrived on the scene and have begun to divert traffic. The llama becomes outnumbered to a greater and greater degree: there’s one last chance for escape, one tricky path to freedom, one last high-stakes roll of the “OOH TASTY TASTY LLAMA TREAT ON THE GRASSY BANK!! I LIKE TASTY LL… oh damn.”

  Thirty minutes later, in the same field close to the Western Ring Road, the llama is once again bored. Picking at the chain-link fence, there’s no chance of escape. The fence has been repaired, the gap closed, the llama’s life restored to its former boredom.

  More details here: http://www.robbie.co.nz/2012/12/09/llamadrama/

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Larry Pruden  

'Cambridge Fanfare'

 Year: 1963
for brass ensemble (8 players) and percussion (2 players)

• Instrumentation
  2 horns in F, 3 trumpets in B flat, 2 trombones, tuba, Ttmpani, cymbals, bass drum
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  • Larry Pruden: Collected Edition Volume 2 - occasional music for brass 

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Colin Gibson  

'Click, click,' how the needles fly

for SATB choir and piano

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  • Alleluia Aotearoa - hymns and songs for all churches  Year: 1993 

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Daniel Stabler  

'faccee'

Duration: 13' 00" Year: 2002
four movement work for english horn and string quintet

• Instrumentation
  cor anglais, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
• Programme Note

  ‘faccee’ is composed as a set of loosely related, programmatic movements which portray different moods through the day. ‘faccee’ is intended as a lighter work of chamber music with elements of mystery, humor, charm and satire.

  ‘Dawn’ begins the work slowly, with the darkness and solitude of morning blossoming full fruit into daylight, then relaxing into the day. Movement two, ‘Boogie’, quickens the pace and is akin to experiences while walking the streets of the city. The further one travels, the more activity one encounters until reaching the heart of the city, where a rousing canon surrounds you with people and congested traffic. Then, suddenly, you arrive at your destination and with one last exclamation are in the door.

  ‘Daydream’ is a brief visit into the realm of nostalgia and sentiment, with a pleasant, recurring melody in the english horn and violin. What better for a finale than an old-fashioned ‘galop’ ? This ‘galop’ is, rather, a musical pun on the Viennese version. The ‘Galop’ gives way to the ‘Trio Satirico’ which pokes fun at traditional trios with a duple/triple reconfiguration of 9/8; making for a gawky feel. Then on to the ‘Finale’ where themes from earlier in the day are revisited in a whirlwind finish.

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Judith Whitaker  

'On a Drawing of His Mother' by Toss Woollaston

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1992
for string orchestra

• Instrumentation
  7 vln, 3 vla, 2 celli, 1 d bass.
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Douglas Lilburn  

'Six Short Pieces'

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 1962
for piano

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  • Lilburn: Complete Piano Music Edition Vol. 2; computer-set  Year: 2012 

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  • Douglas Lilburn: Complete Piano Music Volume 1  Year: 2004 

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Keam, Glenda (curator)

(09)03 - Contemporary Music Festival

Between 25-27 October 2003 the (09)03 Contemporary Music Festival in Auckland brought together a unique and unusual concentration of musical events from many contemporary genres. The event...

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Cilla McQueen  

1/2 a minute of song for Five Voices

 Year: 1981
Graphic notation for five voices

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  • Anthology of New Zealand Graphic Scores  

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Susan Beresford  

12 Short Concert Pieces for Piano

 Year: 1982, r. 2003

• Programme Note

  Graded pieces for the piano student or amateur

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