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John Wells  

Ah, my dear Lord

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1971
for SSAATTBB choir

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  

Auckland '71

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 1971
ode for male speaker, SATB chorus and orchestra

John Wells  

Blow me eyes

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1971
for SSAATTBB choir

John Rimmer  

Composition 5

Duration: 11' 00" Year: 1971
for percussion and electronic sounds

John Wells  

Drop, drop slow tears

 Year: 1971
for SSAATTBB choir

John Rimmer  

Explorations-Discoveries

Duration: 20' 00" Year: 1971, r. 2012
concerto for horn and orchestra

  • Instrumentation
    3[1.2.picc.]23[1.2.bass cl.]2; 4331; timp., 3 perc., harp, solo horn, strings
  • Programme Note

    A concerto for horn and orchestra, Explorations- Discoveries was composed in the early 1970’s at a time when the James Cook bicentenary was being celebrated. Just as the famous sailor explored and discovered, so to the composing of the work.

    The work is structured in five interrelated sections contrasting fast with slow preceded by a slow introduction and concluding with a slow coda. All these sections orbit a central palindrome.

    The horn is treated both lyrically and dramatically. Its music covers a wide range of pitch and dynamics and the instrument frequently is in dialogue with the orchestral horns.

    Explorations – Discoveries was first performed in 1975 at a studio recording by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alex Lindsay with Marcel Lambert as the horn soloist.

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David Farquhar  

Five Scenes

Duration: 11' 00" Year: 1971
for guitar

David Farquhar  

Fives

Duration: 13' 00" Year: 1971
for 5 dancers and 5 instruments

John Rimmer  

Iconoclasm

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 1971
a single movement work for brass band

  • Instrumentation
    standard brass band
  • Programme Note

    This piece attempts to shatter most images of traditional brass band music with its stirring contrasts in rhythm and texture. It calls for a high degree of virtuoso playing found in top quality brass bands.

    Iconoclasm was awarded second prize in a composition competition sponsored by the Brass Bands Association of New Zealand and as part of the adjudication process the work was performed by the Skellerup Woolston Band of Christchurch conducted by Mervyn Waters.

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