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Ross Carey  

A wish

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1995
for guitar

  • Programme Note

    I. Preludio is based on the phrase heard at the start of the piece; elaborated with triadic harmonies. II. Variazioni is a simple intervallic theme with variations. Composed for guitarist Kazuhito Yamashita, who requested a piece for solo guitar. He first performed the work at Kirishima, Kyushu in February, 1996.

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Brent Parker  

Concertino No. 1

Duration: 15' 00" Year: 1990
a concertino for solo guitar and piano

Michael McCleary  

Fantasy

 Year: 1987
for guitar

Bruce Paine  

Finchdean

Duration: 05' 45" Year: 2007
for solo guitar

  • Programme Note

    The catalyst for this composition was a visit by Bruce Paine to Finchdean, on the Hampshire/Sussex border in the South of England in the summer of 2005. A walk through nearby fields led to the 14th century chapel at Idsworth, and this composition captures that day.

    Isolated and settled serenely amid the cornfields “The Little Church in the Field” St Huberts Chapel built in 1053 by Earl Godwin of Wessex is a fascinating focal point for walkers visiting the area.

    Tremolo effects in the opening and closing sections of Finchdean represent the swirling and waving textures of the wheat fields. Halfway into the piece the mood changes with figures that imitate the sound of a bell ringing in the distance, as if summoning the visitor to enter the church.

    The lute-like central section represents the church itself, in particular the tranquil interior and wealth of decoration within. The early 14th century murals take you back in time to the days of old England and King Edward the Confessor.

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Dylan Lardelli  

First Ice (Lachrymae)

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 2002
prelude and movement for solo guitar

David Farquhar  

Five Scenes

Duration: 11' 00" Year: 1971
for guitar

Maria Grenfell  

Four Leunig Pieces

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 2002
for solo guitar

  • Programme Note

    ‘The Four Leunig Pieces’ for guitar were written for David Malone to perform at the 2002 Darwin International Guitar Festival. The pieces are musical impressions inspired by the whimsical cartoons from “Short Notes on the Long History of Happiness” by Melbourne cartoonist Michael Leunig: ‘How to get there’, ‘Atmosphere’, ‘Spring Diary of a Small, Brown Bird’, and ‘Love’.

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Michael McCleary  

Glowworm

 Year: 1990
for solo guitar

Ray Twomey  

Guitar Suite (Opus 19)

Duration: 15' 00" Year: 1998
for guitar

Mike Hogan  

Hammerowen

Duration: 04' 05" Year: 2001
for solo guitar