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Dorothy Buchanan
A Matter of Timing
Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1996
for SATB choir with string quartet, female narrator and mezzo-soprano
Ian McDonald
Cantata for Joanna
Duration: 09' 00" Year: 1976
for mezzo, tenor, chorus, wind quintet and jazz group
Ronald Dellow
Fanfare and Finale
Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1999
fanfare and finale for massed choirs and narrator
David Hamilton
Holy Night
Duration: 04' 15" Year: 2000
for 8 part treble choir with electronic sounds
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Programme Note
The text for this work is a short poem by Lucille Clifton (1936-) suggesting an intense religious experience and part of the traditional Latin ‘Magnificat’. The choir is accompanied by pre-recorded sounds which are mostly bell-like sounds, some deep and some very high. Holy Night was written for Opus to sing at the 2000 Secondary Schools Choral Festival.
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Hamilton: Holy Night; computer set
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Hamilton: Holy Night; computer set
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David Hamilton: Holy Night; video
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The Treble Voice Choral Music of David Hamilton Vol 1
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The Big Sing Finale 2000 Year: 2000
CD
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Sound Barrier Year: 2006
CD
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David Farquhar
Sing unto the Lord a New Song
Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1970
for narrator and SATB choir
Dorothy Buchanan
Song from Ecclesiastes
Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1974
for double SATB choir, narrator, and soloists
Dorothy Buchanan
The Call of the River
Duration: 30' 00" Year: 1990
for mezzo soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, SATB choir, narrators and ensemble
Dorothy Buchanan
The Clio Legacy
Duration: 55' 00" Year: 1991
for woman narrator, mezzo, SSA choir and Maori womens' choruses and orchestra
David Hamilton
The Moon is Silently Singing
Duration: 09' 00" Year: 1985
for two SSATB choirs and two horns
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Instrumentation
second horn can be replaced by pre-recorded tape
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Programme Note
Scored for two SSATB choirs with two homs, this work sets a poem by Miguel de Unamuno in Spanish. This work has been performed in Australia, England and the USA, as well as throughout New Zealand.
It is a setting of a short poem by the Spanish poet Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) and begins by setting the text in a fragmentary manner, choosing single key words from the poem: canta (singing), luna (moon), sosegada (lulling), blanca (white), and sola (alone). Throughout, I have sought to evoke a mood of stillness and calm (except at the two main climaxes), and much of the writing consists of simple diatonic chords alternating between the two choirs. The work ends, as it began, alternating the words ‘canta’ and ‘luna’.
The unusual scoring came about through my friendship with a fine horn player and singer – a flippant comment about unorthodox combinations of forces (although I have heard one other work for horn and choir) providing the germ of idea which eventually did bear fruit.
The Moon is Silently Singing is one of my most widely preformed works internationally, having been heard in Australia, Canada, Germany, England and the USA.
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Hamilton: The Moon is Silently Singing; computer-set Year: 2004
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New Zealand National Youth Choir: Te Roopu Rangatahi Waiata o Aotea Roa Year: 1992
CD
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The Moon is Silently Singing Year: 1994
CD
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Tower New Zealand Youth Choir: Winds that Whisper Year: 1998
CD
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