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flute and optional piccolo, oboe, clarinet 1, 2 and 3, alto clarinet, bass clarinet; alto saxophone 1 and 2, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trumpet 1 and 2, horn in F, trombone, baritone, tuba, bass; percussion

This arrangement is based on a previous arrangement of the piece, which I had made for various combination. It was made for my ex-colleague Mary Siew and her band at Shanghai American School, prior to a planned visit there in early 2007.

New Zealand is too young a country to have a true ‘folk’ tradition and much traditional folk music is really variats of earlier British songs, often with local names and places substituted for the originals. In this piece it deals with the seas and the lives of sailors.

My source for some of the folk song arrangements I’ve made is Neil Colquhoun’s collection Songs of a Young Country: New Zealand Folksongs published over thirty years ago.

David Hamilton

• Hamilton: Three Folk Songs of the Sea; computer-set 

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1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B flat, 1 bass clarinet in B flat, 2 bassoons, 4 French horns in F, 2 trumpets in C, 2 trombones, 1 bass trombone, timpani, percussion 1: suspended cymbal, percussion 2: triangle, harp, vibraphone, strings

A message to Han Cho (the Yangzhou magistrate) for orchestra was inspired by the Chinese poem, A message to Han Cho by Du Mu (803-852AD, China) in the Chinese Tang dynasty. In this poem Du Mu expresses the sadness of the magistrate yearned for the day to return to his distant love. This orchestral work contains musical ideas influenced by the Eastern culture and utilising Western orchestration to imitate the sound of Chinese instruments (Chinese zither and vertical bamboo flute) to purposely maintain the cultural connection with the original tenor of the poem. To achieve this synthesis I experimented with the pronunciation of the poem in Mandarin, and then compose the melodic lines to suit the four-line poem which became the theme of the music. The image of a fair lady plays the flute under the moon on the Twenty-Four Bridges is a traditional Chinese painting specially selected for this particular poem.

青山隱隱水迢迢, From mist the green hills emerge and afar the river flows,
秋盡江南草木凋. grass still grows in Jiangnan, yet the end of fall is close.
二十四橋明月夜, Over the Twenty-Four Bridges the bright moon glows,
玉人何處教吹簫. where the fair lady teaches the flute no one knows.

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(1)2333; 4331; timp,3perc,hp; strs.

A Village Wedding combines two different conceptual approaches; that of the program piece wherein images or activity is described by music; and that of the concerto grosso, a Baroque form which both collectively and individually showcases the players of an ensemble. In the latter case, the piece would seem to fulfill many if not all of the 18th-century requirements. After an overture, movements based on dance rhythms ensue, including the Pavane, March, Gigue, and Rigadoon. Yet the material is cast in a mold that is necessarily programmatic. The Overture, with its opening solemnity, birdsong trills, and developing energy, is intended to describe the bright Sunday morning of a country village, along with the excitement and bustle of wedding preparations. The _Meditation_’s searching cadenza and pensive sweetness exhorts the attendants to send out their blessings to the bride and groom, while the Processional calls the wedding party to the altar. The Dance at the end paints a fiddler’s paradise of flying knees and elbows to jigs and reels as the whole village joins in the revelry.

The piece is dedicated to the composer’s fiancée Erica, and acknowledges with gratitude and appreciation the dedication and excellence of the members of the YPCO.

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flute and optional piccolo, oboe, clarinet 1, 2 and 3, alto clarinet, bass clarinet; alto saxophone 1 and 2, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trumpet 1 and 2, horn in F, trombone, baritone, tuba, bass; percussion

This arrangement is based on a previous arrangement of the piece, which I had made for various combination. It was made for my ex-colleague Mary Siew and her band at Shanghai American School, prior to a planned visit there in early 2007.

New Zealand is too young a country to have a true ‘folk’ tradition and much traditional folk music is really variats of earlier British songs, often with local names and places substituted for the originals. In this piece it deals with the seas and the lives of sailors.

My source for some of the folk song arrangements I’ve made is Neil Colquhoun’s collection Songs of a Young Country: New Zealand Folksongs published over thirty years ago.

David Hamilton

• Hamilton: Three Folk Songs of the Sea; computer-set 

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2222; 0220;-; strs.

1(1)1(1)1(1)2; 4231; timp., 2 perc.; strings

‘Alegria’ is an education piece for children of primary school age. It focuses on aspects of rhythm and ostinato, and it is based on the flamenco principle of 3+3+2+2+2 (12 beat cycle). Flamenco music is based on Spanish gypsy music, and is often accompanied by clapping, so there are clapping parts included for members of the orchestra. The audience may learn the simple clapping patterns so they can accompany the orchestra when they hear the patterns. The central section in 5/8 is intended as an asymmetrical contrast to the duple and triple meters of the outer sections. “Alegria” means ‘joy’ or ‘happiness’ in Spanish.

• Grenfell: Alegria; computer-set 

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for oboe, violin I, violin II, viola, cello and double bass

This piece was arranged upon request from the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, for their 2009 ‘APO for Kids’ concerts.

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(1)434(1)3; 4331; timp,3perc; strs

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4343; 4331; timp,2perc,hp; strs.

This work was the winner of the Wellington Youth Orchestra Composition Competition in 1981.