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Robbie Ellis  

Beatrice

Duration: 01' 00" Year: 2010, r. 2012
a short orchestral feature for cor anglais

  • Instrumentation
    solo cor anglais, flute, horn in F, strings
  • Programme Note

    In 2010, I co-wrote The Lover’s Knot with playwright Renee Liang as part of the 2010-2011 Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Composer Workshops, which led to a performance with actor Stuart Devenie and conductor Kenneth Young. Stuart played the role of Walter Bolton, the last man given the death penalty in New Zealand, in the hours before his execution.

    Various instruments represent various characters in this story – clarinet for Bolton’s flighty paramour Florence, contrabassoon for the stench of death, and harmon-muted trombones for the justice system. Bolton’s ailing wife Beatrice is represented by extensive solos for the cor anglais. At the request of Lee Martelli, Education Manager of the APO, I excerpted one of these into a demonstration piece for an education concert.

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Robin Toan  

Comic

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 2004
for chamber orchestra

Peter McClymont  

Garden Music

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1988
for small orchestra

Dorothy Buchanan  

Peace

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 1999
a fanfare for chamber orchestra

Robin Toan  

Rainbows 'n' Roses

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 2005
for chamber orchestra

David Farquhar  

Romanza

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 1962
for small orchestra

Dorothy Buchanan  

The Ghosts of Denniston

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 2003
for chamber orchestra

Lyell Cresswell  

The Rev. Norman McLeod's Dance

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 2004
for chamber orchestra

Chris Adams  

Variation: Sumer Is Icumen In

Duration: 01' 00" Year: 2007
for chamber orchestra