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Eric Biddington  

A New Zealand Fable

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 2007
a short movement for flute and piano

Eric Biddington  

Adagio for Bassoon and String Orchestra

Duration: 07' 30" Year: 2007

Ben Hoadley (Composer)  

After a while only the green of the grass is left

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2007, r. 2009
for solo flute

  • Programme Note

    This short work for solo flute was written in 2007 and is dedicated to my Grandmother, Mary Kingma (1917 – 2005). It was inspired by (but is not necessarily a direct depiction of) part of a poem that she wrote (published by New Zealand Art Press in the anthology New Beginnings in 1986), the last line of which I have used as the title.

    They are waiting for me, the sparrows.
    And so I throw the crumbs and watch.
    So busy, so quick, so hungry.
    After a while only the green of the grass is left.

    Ben Hoadley

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Chris Gendall  

Agitato

 Year: 2007
for chamber orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    1111; 1110; perc; piano; single strings
  • Programme Note

    ‘Agitato’ is a conventional musical indication for a restless or agitated mode of performance. This is often interpreted as forward-momentum without any conscious acceleration, affecting an uneasy connection with the beat. In this piece the Agitato aspect is composed into the musical fabric as constant gestural and rhythmic variation.

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Mark Smythe  

Alleluia

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2007
for SSATB unaccompanied

Ross Harris  

And death shall have no dominion

 Year: 2007
for string quartet

Chris Watson  

aperitif

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 2007
an entrée for piano

Simon Eastwood  

Aurum

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 2007
for orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    3(2dbl picc.)2.2.bcl.2Cbsn 2.3.3.1 timp 3perc strings
  • Programme Note

    The initial inspiration for Aurum came from a 1976 Bridget Riley painting of the same name. I was fascinated by the vibrant interplay of colour displayed in the painting, with wavy lines of bright yellow and white set against darker shades of blue. Each line appeared clear and separate, yet from a distance they would all merge into one luminescent texture.


    As the piece progressed it took on a life of its own, however throughout the composition process I was chiefly concerned with the interaction between different instrumental and harmonic colours, and the sonic texture these interactions produced. The word ‘aurum’ itself means gold, and therefore evokes images of brightness, brilliance and wealth, but looking at Riley’s painting I noticed a darker layer that seemed to seep up from beneath the brilliance, perhaps portraying a darker side to this precious metal.


    Simon Eastwood

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Pieta Hextall  

Beating Cry

Duration: 05' 40" Year: 2007
for mixed chamber septets