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Anthony Ritchie  

God Defend New Zealand

 Year: 2011
arrangement for SATB choir of the original version by John Joseph Woods

Chris Adams  

Haere Mai

 Year: 2010
for SATB choir

Chris Adams  

Mahuika

Duration: 11' 00" Year: 2012
a work for organ and orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    3*3*3*3*; 4331; Timp; 2 Perc.; Organ; Strings
  • Programme Note

    Mahuika for organ and orchestra was, like several of my pieces, given a title in its infancy. In the way that a child grows into her name over time, Mahuika has developed a particular character during the process of writing. The work is not programmatic, but the origins of its name have come to influence the work: Mahuika, a Maori fire goddess, is awakened into her full terrifying extreme, utilising the full range and capacity of both the Auckland Town Hall organ and the Auckland Philharmonia. Mahuika evokes the sense of a young teenage goddess full of ideas and vitality but without the opportunity to yet develop and explore them fully.

    The work has the potential to mature into a full-scale organ symphony of around 30-40 minutes: if anyone is in a position to fund her to grow further please contact me to discuss.

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Ryan Youens  

Moana Ataahua

Duration: 15' 00" Year: 2010
for orchestra with SATB choir

  • Instrumentation
    3 flutes, 3 clarinets, 2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, euphonium, tuba, violoncello (optional), string bass, timpani, percussion I (high conga, low conga, medium tom, low tom), percussion II (high bongo, low bongo, high tom, medium tom), percussion III (tambourine, high woodblock, low woodblock), percussion IV (suspended cymbal, wind chimes, triangle) and percussion V - xylophone (medium sticks), with piano and SATB choir
  • Programme Note

    Based on the simple idea: “If Lake Taupo was a piece of music, what would it sound like?”

    This mass musical work, commissioned especially for the ERUPT Lake Taupo Festival 2010 through the SOUNZ Community Commission, takes its inspiration from the people and places of Taupo.

    Featuring lyrics submitted by local writers, Moana Ataahua is a spectacular mix of symphonic, choral and percussive elements that erupts into an exciting finale.

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Richard Oswin  

Sweet Sleep and Altered Days

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 2011
for SSATB choir

  • Programme Note

    These two a cappella folksong settings were written for the 2011 – 2012 NZSSC to sing during their NZ concerts and on their trip to the Ihlombe South Africa Music Festival in July 2012 . The settings were based on existing folk melodies and texts and were designed to challenge the choir. ‘Lullaby’ is a gentle song featuring both Maori and English text, in which a mother encourages her child to go to sleep. The rousing ‘Altered Days’ relates a tale of changed fortunes, for the better, of an emigrant from Scotland to New Zealand.

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Leonie Holmes  

Through Coiled Stillness

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 2011
for SATB choir, rainstick, finger cymbals