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The origin of the term ‘cassation’ is clouded with speculation, but around the time of Haydn and Mozart it was used more or less interchangeably with ‘serenade’ and ‘divertimento’. Generally such pieces were for orchestra, and written in an entertaining, less serious vein. The present work for chamber orchestra also is of a lighter character. It has an outdoor flavour, and features uncomplicated, open harmonies, jaunty rhythms and clear melodies.


The first movement has an energetic, raucous character rising out of the resonant sounds of the open strings of violins and violas. Sections of uneven rhythm alternate with simpler passages, as if one were strolling briskly through streets in which various sorts of different activity were going on. The ‘Nocturne’ is pensive and nostalgic. Expressive lines for solo horn and cello rise out of a gentle, rather static atmosphere. The third movement is a short and capricious treatment of the opening oboe theme from Alban Berg’s opera Wozzeck. This scrap of tune – playful but loaded – is introduced upside down here, and is restored to its original shape at the end after some free-wheeling excursions.


Cassation was Martin Lodge’s first orchestral work. It was commissioned by the Wellington Chamber Orchestra, which gave the premiere in 1990.

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• Music by Blake, Lodge and Carr 

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• Grenfell: Clockwerk; facsimile 

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This piece was inspires by conversations with the composer’s painter friend, Juri Sobelor, who uses a diagram for drawing a sitting Buddha in most of his paintings. The musical fragments which make up this work are all taken from Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

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• Elmsly: Pacific Hockets; computer-set 

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• Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra: New Zealand Music 5 

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• Orchestral Music by Norman, Ritchie, Elmsly, Farquhar 

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• Parker: Symphony; facsimile 

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• Edwin Carr: Orchestral Works and Symphony No. 4  Year: 1995 

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Scored for E flat, B flat and bass clarinets with orchestra this work was reviewed as, “a magnificent reward to the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra…a civilised and serious piece, but also delightfully witty…scored with a delicacy and sophistication that shows a very sure ear, alert to the details that enliven an orchestral score.” Rod Biss, NZ Listener “The music is over-flowing with colourful percussive strokes and tongue-in-cheek parody.” Matthew Suttor, Music in NZ “The three clarinets effectively behave as a ‘super-clarinet’ with an enormous range of five octaves. Set against the other instruments…the result is a vibrant glitter of timbre.” Suzanne Court, Music in NZ.

• de Castro-Robinson: Triple Clarinet Concerto; facsimile 

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• de Castro-Robinson: Triple Clarinet Concerto; facsimile  Year: 1995 

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• Eve de Castro-Robinson: Other Echoes, music for orchestra 

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• Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra: New Zealand Music 5 

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• SOUNZfine Volume 2 

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• De Castro-Robinson: Triple Clarinet Concerto and other works 

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This very appealing and audience friendly work. The Presto sections provide some real orchestral fireworks.

• Ryan: Victoria Square; facsimile 

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In 1981 I composed a series of piano pieces called Poems of Spring, in which I juxtaposed the exhilarating beauty of a Christchurch spring with the terrible pain of a broken relationship. Ten years later, and in the middle of a cruel Dunedin winter, I recalled this Christchurch spring as I was composing this short piece for the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. 1991 was a year in which I managed to climb out of a dark phase in my life, and consequently this piece expresses a sense of excitement and affirmation.

Lasting just under 3 minutes, it was designed as a fanfare to open a concert and combines several short motifs into a busy mosaic of sound. Yet Another Poem of Spring is recorded by the NZSO on their Landscapes CD, released by Morrison Music Trust (MMT2037) in 2001.

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• Landscapes: New Zealand Orchestral Music 

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• Rimmer: Your Piano Is My Forte; facsimile 

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