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Anthony Ritchie  

Balkan Bagpipes

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 1985
for amateur orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    2(1pc)222; 4210;timp (3), 1-2perc (sd-dr,tri,xylo, sus cym, tamb), pf,hp; strs
  • Programme Note

    This is a lively 9-minute piece is written for a full-sized amateur orchestra. It evokes the music of East European bagpipes, which the composer experienced while studying in Budapest, in 1984.

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Eric Biddington  

Christchurch City

 Year: 1996
march for full orchestra

Leonie Holmes  

In the Lair of the Cave Weta

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2008
for school orchestra

Anthony Ritchie  

Moods

Duration: 14' 00" Year: 1990
four pieces for amateur orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    Instrumentation is very flexible: desc recorders, fls, obs, cls, bns, hns, trps, trms, alto and tenor saxs, 3timp,perc: (4 players) 2xylo,2glock,bs-dr,wd-bl,cym; strs (vln 1,2,3)
  • Programme Note

    Four easy pieces for amateur or school orchestra describing the following moods: ‘Ecstatic’, ‘Sad’, ‘Angry’ and ‘Happy’. The music is designed for school-age performers and features simple and strong rhythms. The work was commissioned by The Christchurch School of Instrumental Music, for use as a massed item at their annual combined concert.

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Lachlan McKenzie  

Theme and Variations for Orchestra in D minor

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 2001
theme and variations for junior orchestras

David Hamilton  

Three Auckland Postcards

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 1991
for youth orchestra

Kit Powell  

Three Easy Pieces for Orchestra

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1979, r. 1982