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Eric Biddington

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 1987
for viola and piano

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1987
for primary school orchestra

Instrumentation
Desc,ten,alt recorders, 3fl, perc (inc.tri, wd-bl, xylo, glock, chimes) pf(adult part), vns, vc, (guit, melodian,chromaharp optional).

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 1987
for orchestra

Instrumentation
2(1pc)222; 2200; timp (4),2perc(bs-dr,s-dr, tamtam, xylo, glock, sus cym); strs
Programme Note

‘Beginnings’ was commissioned by Auckland Philharmonia. It was inspired by the birth of Ritchie’s son Tristan. It depicts the slowly mounting tension of the labour, through to the birth itself. There is a gradual growth in the music from small, delicate gestures into wild and pulsating ones towards the end. The child is represented by a ‘little Tristan waltz’ which eventually gets caught up in the musical frenzy. The waltz sequence imposes order on the music, which tends to be fragmentary and changeable. There are some echoes of Bartok and Debussy in this early work, and it presents a good challenge for a professional orchestra.
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- Ritchie A.: Beginnings ; Facsimile
  
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- Anthony Ritchie: Beginnings; audio
  
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- Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra: New Zealand Music 1 Year: 1990
  
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Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1987
for gamelan, three male choir and percussion

Instrumentation
3 male choirs, DX7 synth; percussion installations and percussive haberdashery

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1987
for youth orchestra

Programme Note

This work was written before and after a visit to Colyton, where a cousin of the composer has a farm, and whose daughter was playing ’cello in the orchestra at the time. He intended the work to reflect the rural open spaces that provide welcome relief for a city-dweller.
Availability
- Hinds: Colyton Overture; facsimile
  
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