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• Buchanan: Music for Treasures Nga Taonga; facsimile 

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For improvising piano and percussion, Napier’s Bones was written for the outstanding improvising pianist Judy Bailey and exists in two formats – one involving 24 percussionists and the other involving 6 virtuoso percussionists.

“The New Zealand work which evoked a similarly strong reaction was Gillian Whitehead’s Napier’s Bones whose protracted time-frame of beautifully controlled percussive and pianistic gestures was music from another sphere – an utterly compelling experience of the type I am always looking for in contemporary music.” (de Castro-Robinson).

For improvising piano and percussion, Napier’s Bones was written for the outstanding improvising pianist Judy Bailey and exists in two formats – one involving 24 percussionists and the other involving 6 virtuoso percussionists.

“The New Zealand work which evoked a similarly strong reaction was Gillian Whitehead’s Napier’s Bones whose protracted time-frame of beautifully controlled percussive and pianistic gestures was music from another sphere – an utterly compelling experience of the type I am always looking for in contemporary music.” (de Castro-Robinson).

Heroes are travellers who journey into uncharted regions of human experience to tame the ‘tigers’ which dwell there. Songs for Heroes is a tribute to these people, echoing their search with a journey through rhythm and melody.

• From Scratch: Songs for Heroes  Year: 1991 

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• Buchanan: The Adventures of Algy; facsimile 

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