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Juliet Palmer  

5 Cactus Dreams

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1988
for voice and chamber ensemble

  • Instrumentation
    vocalist, oboe, tenor saxophone, viola, cello, cactus and camera flash. Performed in darkness with light flashes to trigger each movement - performers also walk while playing.
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Alex Taylor  

[inner]

Duration: 06' 00"
mini viola concerto

Maria Grenfell  

A Feather of Blue

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 2000
for piano trio

  • Programme Note

    Commissioned in 2000 by the NZTrio, A Feather of Blue takes its title from a phrase in a poem called A View From A Window by New Zealand writer Kevin Ireland. I have always admired the wry humour and brightness of Kevin Ireland’s writing and many years ago set three of his poems for soprano and mixed ensemble. As a kind gesture Mr Ireland sent me a copy of his book of poems Skinning A Fish, and I was particularly struck by the imagery of colours, flowers, feathers and birds in this poem, which illustrates rain pouring down a window pane and giving way to a burst of sunshine after a storm.

    Maria Grenfell

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Dorothy Buchanan  

A Matter of Timing

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1996
for SATB choir with string quartet, female narrator and mezzo-soprano

Jack Body  

Arum Manis

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1991
for string quartet and tape

  • Programme Note

    An unusual work combining field recordings of fiddle music played by an Indonesian street-seller of candy-floss (in Indonesian, "arum manis, meaning “sweet aroma”) with a string quartet. The listeners’ ears are charmed by music which passes seamlessly between the tape and the live performers. Composed for the Kronos Quartet, this work was presented at the 1996 International Rostrum of Composers.

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Jonathan Crehan  

At the Breaking Point

Duration: 06' 30" Year: 2008
for piano trio

Samuel Holloway  

Austerity Measures

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 2012
for recorder, koto and guitar

Lyell Cresswell  

Bisbigliando

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1993
for harpsichord

John Rimmer  

Burning the Calories

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2006
for piano trio

Ian McDonald  

Cantata for Joanna

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 1976
for mezzo, tenor, chorus, wind quintet and jazz group