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Helen Caskie  

A Cycle of Recollections

Duration: 13' 00" Year: 1997
for soprano, clarinet and piano

Judith Exley  

A Song of Marigolds

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1990
for soprano and gamelan orchestra

  • Programme Note

    The poem is a reflection of the transient nature of love and life. The gamelan, being an intergral part of a traditional which sees life as cyclic, maybe offers a balance. I have endeavoured to express this polarity by using traditional materials in non-traditional ways.

    Judith Exley

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Helen Bowater  

A Wild Sea for the Crossing

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 2009
for female singer (mezzo soprano or soprano) and piano

Edwin Carr  

An Edith Sitwell Song Cycle

Duration: 14' 00" Year: 1956
for mezzo-soprano, oboe and piano

Jonathan Besser  

Bird Without Wings

Duration: 14' 00"
For female voice and ensemble

David Farquhar  

Blues and Pinks

Duration: 13' 00" Year: 1995
a cycle of five songs for high voice and guitar

David Hamilton  

Canticle 1

Duration: 11' 00" Year: 1978
for baritone, oboe and piano

David Griffiths  

Charms and Knots

Duration: 13' 00" Year: 1987
song cycle for baritone and piano

  • Programme Note

    This set of songs was written in 1987 during my time as lecturer in voice at Otago University.

    The title is drawn from the second song of the set.

    Herbert’s poetry has always been a delight to me and in these settings I have endeavoured to capture in music his unique and lively reflections on his relationship with God. His words are beautifully wrought and fathom deep waters making a challenge for musical setting. However I think the songs touch something of the intentions of this great metaphysical poet.

    David Griffiths

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Anthony Ritchie  

Children and Adults

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1992
four songs for soprano, clarinet and piano

  • Programme Note

    Children and Adults was conceived as a song cycle, commissioned by Rosemary Stott for the Klarion Trio in 1992. The different ways that children and adults view the world has been a recurring source of fascination for the composer (who has reared three children of his own). This is encapsulated in these four settings, in which issues such as life, death, survival and creativity emerge as the main themes.

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Anthony Ritchie  

Children and Adults

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1992
four songs for mezzo soprano, viola and piano