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Denise Hulford  

Christmas Bells

Duration: 15' 00" Year: 1995
for choir, tenor saxophone and piano

  • Programme Note

    The 100 Voice Chorale based on the North Shore of Auckland commissioned Denise Hulford to write a Christmas Carol for the Choir. After spending some time searching for a poem with a happy tone to it, and not being able to find anything suitable, Denise commissioned Jenny Pattrick to write a poem. The poem that Jenny provided was exciting, accessible and quite humorous. The final work was a fun and Christmas focused composition which was most successful, and approximately the length of a short Cantata. The work has been performed a number of times, and has always been well received.

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David Hamilton  

Christmas Here and There

Duration: 16' 00" Year: 2011
for SATB choir and brass band

  • Programme Note

    This short cycle examines the differences between northern and southern hemisphere experiences of Christmas. These differences are encapsulated in Margaret Mahy’s early poem Christmas in New Zealand which contrasts the colours of a summertime Christmas with the images of snow and robins on Christmas cards. The second piece sets a Christina Rossetti poem which suggests that Christ’s birth was early in the day watched only by the angels and the animals. The third piece sets a traditional text which describes the typical landscapes of a northern hemisphere Christmas – the bare tress and the animals foraging for food. The fourth movement is a piece for band alone, which picks up on elements of the opening movement as well as varied treatment of fragments from the well-known carol “Good King Wenceslas”. The final piece sets a widely anthologized poem of unknown authorship. It humorously returns us to a summertime Christmas where there‘s no snow, and where Santa might end up with a suntan in the “Pacific summertime” Christmas.

    Christmas Here and There was commissioned by South Auckland Choral Society for the choir’s end of year concert 2011.

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Ryan Youens  

Moana Ataahua

Duration: 15' 00" Year: 2010
for orchestra with SATB choir

  • Instrumentation
    3 flutes, 3 clarinets, 2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, euphonium, tuba, violoncello (optional), string bass, timpani, percussion I (high conga, low conga, medium tom, low tom), percussion II (high bongo, low bongo, high tom, medium tom), percussion III (tambourine, high woodblock, low woodblock), percussion IV (suspended cymbal, wind chimes, triangle) and percussion V - xylophone (medium sticks), with piano and SATB choir
  • Programme Note

    Based on the simple idea: “If Lake Taupo was a piece of music, what would it sound like?”

    This mass musical work, commissioned especially for the ERUPT Lake Taupo Festival 2010 through the SOUNZ Community Commission, takes its inspiration from the people and places of Taupo.

    Featuring lyrics submitted by local writers, Moana Ataahua is a spectacular mix of symphonic, choral and percussive elements that erupts into an exciting finale.

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Gillian Whitehead  

Moments

Duration: 15' 00" Year: 1993
for unaccompanied SATB choir

Edwin Carr  

Seven Medieval Lyrics

Duration: 19' 00" Year: 1973
for SATB chorus and orchestra

Christopher Norton  

Sing 'n' Swing

Duration: 15' 00" Year: 1982
five up-beat carols for 2-part choir and piano

Michael Vinten  

Te ia o Nuku

Duration: 16' 00" Year: 1990

John Wells  

The Call of the Running Tide

Duration: 18' 00" Year: 2004
five sea nocturnes for SATB choir and piano

Leonie Holmes  

The Journey

Duration: 15' 00" Year: 2005
for SATB choir (with female soloist) and orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    orchestra inc. 3 perc., pf, hp. (perc. 1: crotales, glockenspiel, bongos, triangle, snare drum, 2 toms; perc. 2: suspended cymbal, xylophone, woodblock (low), Pacific log drum (low); perc. 3: vibraphone, tam tam, Pacific log drum (medium))
  • Programme Note

    This work for massed choir and orchestra was written for Uwe Grodd and the Manukau City Symphony Orchestra for the opening of the Genesis Theatre, TelstraClear Pacific Arts Centre, Manukau City. The piece aims to reflect both a spiritual journey, and a journey through time to a new place. It was inspired by two texts – a traditional Maori blessing, and a poem entitled The Journey written for the occasion by Tessa Stephens.

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