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David Griffiths

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 1977
for school orchestra

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 1985
for amateur orchestra

Instrumentation
2(1pc)222; 4210;timp (3), 1-2perc (sd-dr,tri,xylo, sus cym, tamb), pf,hp; strs
Programme Note

This is a lively 9-minute piece is written for a full-sized amateur orchestra. It evokes the music of East European bagpipes, which the composer experienced while studying in Budapest, in 1984.
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- Ritchie A.: Balkan Bagpipes; facsimile
  
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Year: 1999
a selection of folksongs by Bartok arranged for school orchestra

Instrumentation
Written for secondary school orchestra (or good primary school orchestra). More challenging parts for solo violin and piano.

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1987
for primary school orchestra

Instrumentation
Desc,ten,alt recorders, 3fl, perc (inc.tri, wd-bl, xylo, glock, chimes) pf(adult part), vns, vc, (guit, melodian,chromaharp optional).

Year: 1996
march for full orchestra

Instrumentation
2222; 3200; timp, perc; strs
Availability
- Biddington: Christchurch City; facsimile
  
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Year: 1976
for cornet/trumpet and school orchestra

Year: 2000
for school orchestra, based on different styles of dance

Programme Note

This work attempts to evoke dance styles from different parts of the world, without using any real folk music. The six dances are linked without a break: 1. Maori Action Song 2. Celtic Gig 3. Transylvannian ’ Swaying Dance ’ 4. Ragtime Dance 5. Latin American Dance 6. Russian Sabre Dance

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1992
for small orchestra

Instrumentation
3 flute, 1 Oboe, 3 Clarinet, 1 trumpet, and strings with added bassoon
Programme Note

Composed in March 1992 and dedicated to the memory of Gavin Saunders. The first two movements comprise simple canons at the unison, with interludes, while the third is a chorale. Commissioned by Gary Bowler with funding from Creative New Zealand for the Hastings Youth Orchestra, who gave the first performance later that year.
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- Carey: Dirge Canons; facsimile
  
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- Carey: Dirge Canons; facsimile
  
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- Music of the Americas and the Antipodes
  
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