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Christopher Blake  

A Viola on Skye

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 1976
for solo viola

  • Programme Note

    A Viola on Skye was inspired by a trip to Scotland that included a stay on the Isle of Skye in the depths of winter. The initial sketches for the work were made at the time, influenced by the bleak, barren but richly hued landscape. This is personified by the characteristic timbre of the instrument and accounts for the particular sweep and colour of the music.

    The work falls naturally into two parts and can be described as a transition from complexity to simplicity. The first is characterized by a great variety of activity – agitated configurations, short melodic phrases, alternations of sul pont, pizzicato, arco, tremolo and so on. The structure is loosely based on a twelve note series and features a series of twelve groups. These are short sections of music, each emphasising one of the notes of the series. There are only four types of groups used so the first part of the work can be heard as three related variations. The second part of the work uses the series material melodically. It opens with these notes presented in the order and registers established in the preceding part. Ultimately this develops into an extended melodic line with the close of the work attaining the ultimate in simplicity – a repeated note.

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Dorothy Freed  

Aquarius March for Brass Band

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1971
for brass band

  • Instrumentation
    1 E flat cornet, 5 B flat cornets, 1 B flat repiano cornet, 1 B flat flugelhorn, 2 B flat 2nd cornets, 2 B flat 3rd cornets, 3 E flat tenor horns, 2 B flat baritones, 2 B flat euphoniums, 2 B flat tenor trombones, 1 G bass trombone, 2 E flat bass, 2 B flat bass, snare drum, bass drum, cymbal.
  • Programme Note

    Scored for full brass band (about 27 players) this work was originally written for a brass band competition.

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Edwin Carr  

Aubade

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1970
for clarinet and orchestra

Edwin Carr  

Aubade

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 1970
for clarinet and piano

Ross Harris  

Audi Caelum

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 1976
for three sopranos and four cellos

Peter Crowe  

Bali Ha'i: Five Songs of New Hebrides

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 1976
for string orchestra

John Elmsly  

Capriccio

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1976
for solo violin

David Farquhar  

Chap-Chap

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1972
for viola or violin and audience

  • Programme Note

    Written for Gavin Saunders, who planned to spend some months on the island of Lifou (French Caledonia) exchanging his music with that of his hosts. Farquhar’s idea was to provide an opportunity for the Lifouans to collaborate in the piece by providing a rhythmic background (clapping), and then taking over the piece to a rousing climax at the end.

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David Farquhar  

Duet

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1972, r. 1988
for harmonica and guitar

David Farquhar  

Duet

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1972, r. 1988
for violin and guitar