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Anthony Ritchie  

Bele Doette

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2005
for soprano and oboe

• Programme Note

  Bele Doette (‘Lovely Doette’) is based on an anonymous 12th century Chanson de Toile. The vocal line follows the original song-line closely for two of the eight stanzas and refrains.

  Doette is at a window, reading, when she receives the news that her friend Doon has been killed in a jousting contest. The refrain reads “See now what grief I have”, and at the end she vows to become a nun in the church of St Paul. The original transcription of the song is published in the Anthology of Medieval Music, edited by Richard Hoppin (1978). Pitches are notated in the transcription but no rhythm. Therefore, rhythm is freely interpreted while the original melismas and word setting are maintained. The refrain is expanded beyond the original. The oboe has a dual role. First, it freely develops motifs based on the song-lines by a process using magic squares. These motifs are used in the introduction and interludes between stanzas and refrains. Second, the oboe has a dialogue with the soprano that involves imitation and decoration, particularly in the refrains.

  Bele Doette was commissioned by Pepe Becker, and written for her and oboist, Robert Orr. It has been composed as part of Ritchie’s research at the University of Otago.

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Helen Bowater  

Black Rain

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1985
five songs for soprano and cello

Denise Hulford  

Five Haiku

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1982
For soprano and accompanying instrument

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  1. Experiments (soprano, cello); 2. Dimples (soprano, flute); 3. Duet (soprano, cello); 4. Glimpse (soprano, clarinet); 5. The Old Town (SAT)

Brigid Ursula Bisley  

Five Songs of Sadness

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1983
For Mezzo and Violin

Ronald Tremain  

Four Blake Songs

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1987
for soprano and cello

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Aroha Yates-Smith   Hirini Melbourne  

Hinemokemoke

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2003
for female voice and taonga puoro

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  • Nunns and Melbourne: Hinemokemoke 

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  • Melbourne and Nunns: Te hekenga-a-rangi  Year: 2003 

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Carol Shortis  

I Be Me

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 2010
for soprano and percussion

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  for soprano and timpani/marimba
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Pepe Becker  

Scorpio Two - From the far point of the rising of the sun...

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2004
for soprano and oboe

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  • NZ Premieres 2005 

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  • Becker; From the far point of the rising of the sun (Part I)  Year: 2005 

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  • Scorpio Two: From the far point of the rising sun...  Year: 2005 

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Bryony Jagger  

Songs of Parting

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 1978
for soprano and horn

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Gareth Farr  

Still Sounds Lie

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1996, r. 2005
For Soprano and Harp

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  • Love's Nature  Year: 2011 

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