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Jenny McLeod  

A baby lying

Duration: 01' 30" Year: 2008
for SA choir and piano

Jenny McLeod  

A baby lying

Duration: 01' 30" Year: 2008
for SA choir and piano with optional men's part

David Hamilton  

A Blessing for Saint Kentigern

 Year: 2008
for 2-part treble-voice choir, SAB choir and piano

  • Programme Note

    This work was commissioned by choral director Stuart Weightman for performance at Saint Kentigern School in Auckland. The brief was to write a work that could be performed by the school’s choir, but which also included a section for the parent’s choral group attached to the school. Also, ideally the work would include something for both groups to sing together. Finally, it should be possible for either of the separate choir sections to stand alone as independent pieces.

    The suggested texts were a blessing from a bookmark given to all the boys at the school, and a blessing often used in chapel services. To the first text I added a couple of lines which closely matched the final section of the second text.

    The work begins with a blessing in unison and then 2 parts for treble voices. This is followed by a blessing for SAB choir, and then finally the two earlier sections are performed simultaneously.

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Jonathan Crehan  

Adam Lay Ybounden

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 2008
arrangement of the traditional carol for SSAA choir

Carol Shortis  

Amokura

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2008
a lullaby for SATB choir with piano accompaniment

  • Programme Note

    Amokura refers to a red-tailed tropic bird, a rare visitor to Aotearoa/New Zealand, whose tail-feather is treasured by Māori. One such feather was incorporated into the design of a pūtōrino (flute) that Dr Melbourne played. This was one of the last songs Dr Melbourne wrote, and he never recorded it; as with all of his songs, only the words were written down. The song was written for his granddaughter, also called Amokura, who is perhaps the only person who ever heard it sung.


    Dr Melbourne devoted his life to restoring the voices of traditional Māori instruments, which had lain, unplayed in museums in Aotearoa/New Zealand and around the world. His passion for these taonga pūoro or ‘singing treasures’ shines through in the words of this song, where he likens Amokura to all those things most special to him.


    *No performance without prior consent of composer/Hirini Melbourne Whanau Trust

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David Hamilton  

Blessing

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 2008
for SATB choir

  • Programme Note

    When Auckland Choral was asked to sing at the funeral of a highly regarded and long-standing member of the choir, I offered to compose something special for the service. It needed to be a piece that could be quickly learnt. Blessing was the result. The text is by Wellington-based poet Anne Powell who is a member of the Catholic order of the Cenacle Sisters.

    Blessing is a short poem of healing for those “…who walk the earth”, and draws on images of the natural world – the light, the sea, and the wind. The piece is dedicated to the memory of Peter Gibbons, who particularly enjoyed the outdoors.

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Colin Gibson  

Bring in Your New World

 Year: 2008
for unison choir and piano with optional instrumental part

Anthony Ritchie  

Cat in the Dark

Duration: 02' 30" Year: 2008
for treble voices, clarinet and piano

Anthony Ritchie  

Cat in the Dark

Duration: 02' 30" Year: 2008
for treble voices (up to 3 parts) and piano

  • Programme Note

    Cat in the Dark was commissioned by The North Canterbury Academy of Music for performance in their Music Quarter Festival, in Rangiora, 2008. It was written for massed children’s choir in unison and 2 parts. It is a setting of a poem by NZ author Margaret Mahy. The final verse also includes a short ‘round’ in 3 parts. There are also two different instrumental accompaniments: one for piano and clarinet in B flat, and one for piano alone. The song may be transposed to suit the requirements of the choir.

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Jonathan Crehan  

Celebrate (Shout with Joy!)

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 2008
for SATB choir and organ