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Programme Note

There is a real cultural difference between the homeland of the Western classical tradition – that is, continental Europe – and New Zealand. This cultural difference is in the willingness to sing, and more to the point, to sing high. Put simply, New Zealand blokes don’t like doing it, and finding willing tenors to
realise Bach’s or Mozart’s expectations has been a long-standing bane of choir directors, musical directors of shows, and composers. As a composer, I would sometimes like to smack up the head certain men I know who will happily belt out the soaring heights of a Guns’n’Roses vocal line on the karaoke machine after a beer or six, but baulk at singing the D above Middle C in a proper “composition”. This song is dedicated to you, you pricks.
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- Ellis: Cause I Couldn't Find a Tenor; computer-set
  
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- Robbie Ellis: Cause I Couldn't Find a Tenor
  
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Mark Smythe

Duration: 06' 33" Year: 2010
for unaccompanied vocal ensamble

Instrumentation
for two sopranos, two altos, tenor and base
Programme Note

When American poet Walt Whitman first published his collection Leaves of Grass in 1855, it was notable for its sensual imagery in an era when such carnal expression was considered immoral. On the eve of his 191st birthday, Whitman’s evocative prose was sung in the language of passion.
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- Smythe: De La Cuna que se Mece Eternamente; computer-set
  
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  CD
- Baroque Voices: Brother Sun, Sister Moon Year: 2011
  
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Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1992
For two sopranos (with finger cymbals) and electric bass guitar

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1976
For vocal quartet

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1990
for vocal sextet

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1994
for two equal voices or instruments

Programme Note

The literal meaning of ‘Palinthalamion’ is “again – the wedding”.
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- Farquhar: Palinthalamion; facsimile
  
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