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Dorothy Buchanan  

Late Song

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 2001
for flute (doubling piccolo/narration), clarinet, piano and narrator

Samuel Gray  

Live at Jazid

Duration: 41' 32" Year: 2001
an improvisation using upright prepared piano, metal and wooden objects

Juliet Palmer  

Mother Hubbard

Duration: 15' 00" Year: 2001
for chamber ensemble and CD

Lachlan McKenzie  

Observation

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 2001
for full orchestra with set of African drums

Lyell Cresswell  

The Voice Inside

Duration: 23' 00" Year: 2001
concerto for violin, soprano and orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    222(bscl)2(ctrbsn); 3211; percussion; strings
  • Programme Note

    The Voice Inside, a concerto for violin, soprano and orchestra, was commissioned by the BBC and comprises settings of seven poems by Ron Butlin relating to the violin.

    The various movements of the concerto explore different relationships between the two soloists and the orchestra. The soprano is mostly unaccompanied in the first movement, but as life is breathed into the violin it refuses to be hushed by the voice. The first scherzo is a game of tag and catch between the two soloists, with the orchestra acting as a referee. As befits a concerto, confrontation between violinist and orchestra begins the third movement. This grows into a three-way conflict once the soprano enters. The slow movement is an intense cantilena for the two soloists, with, for the most part, light orchestral accompaniment. In the second scherzo flashy violin writing alternates with orchestral outbursts and the soprano’s attempt to reel off the names of virtuoso violinists. The burlesque, with its reference to twelve equal tones, makes some misguided allusions to the Violin Concerto by Alban Berg, and the last movement is a desperate plea,simply asking to be heard.

    Notes taken from Cresswell: The Voice Inside, NAXOS 8.570824

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