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clarinet, clarinet/bass-clarinet, violin/viola, cello, percussion (marimba, 9 drums in high to low sequence, drum of fluctuating pitch, bass drum, 5 suspended cymbals, ching - Thai finger cymbals, bell tree, rasp, 2 woodblocks, 3 temple blocks, wood chimes)

This monodrama for mezzo soprano and chamber sextet, commissioned by Northern Arts UK, tells of the 14th century North of England warrior Henry Percy (Hotspur), seen through the eyes of Elizabeth Mortimer, in a striking ballad sequence written by Fleur Adcock.

Whitehead’s imaginative score combines exotic and arresting instrumental colours, a strong dramatic vocal line (often with flamboyant flourishes) and an admirable overall conception of the mood changes and tonal graduation of the work. (William Dart, NZ Listener)

She has the rare gift of knowing when to us nightmarish vehemences and when to be utterly straightforward and calm. (Roger Covell, Sydney Morning Herald).

• Whitehead: Hotspur; facsimile 

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• Whitehead: Hotspur; facsimile 

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• Gillian Whitehead: selected works 

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• Anthology of Australian music - Dramatic vocal music  Year: 1997 

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Piece of 4 was composed in Europe in September/October 1980 for the Bourges Experimental Music Festival in June, 1982. It combines my thoughts on music from found objects and on chance music, while also exploring the theme of “4”.

The first performance of Piece of 4 was on 4 June, 1982 in the Robert McDougal Art Gallery in Christchurch.

Kit Powell

• Powell: Piece of 4; facsimile  

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• Kit Powell - 70th Birthday Celebration - Three Chance Pieces plus One 

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soprano, alto, 2 tenors and bass solos, oboe and percussion - Three acting soloists (soprano, tenor and bass) and two (alto and tenor) as chorus.

5 actor-singers (2f, 3m) and piano

This song-play by Mervyn Thompson investigates the injustices that the pakeha land courts has dished out to the tangata whenua over the years. It was premiered in January 1980 and toured under the auspices of the New Zealand Students Arts Council in 1981.

• William Dart: Song Book; computer-set 

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• Parihaka 

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• Mervyn Thompson and William Dart: Songs to the Judges  Year: 1982 

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• John Cousins: Soundings 

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four choruses for SATB choir and 6 percussionists in five movements to settings of Maori poetry Five movements, settings of Maori poetry

• Powell: The Ever-Circling Light; facsimile 

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