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Jenny McLeod  

18 Easy Pieces

Duration: 17' 00" Year: 1996
easy pieces for 1-4 players (or more)

Radha Sahar (née Wardrop)  

A Celtic Christmas

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 2000
for unison/SATB choir and keyboard or guitar accompaniment

Dorothy Freed  

A Nursery Tale (Goldilocks and the Five Bears)

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 1975
for brass quintet and narrator

Leonie Holmes  

Blues Piece

Duration: 01' 00" Year: 1989
for two treble instruments and piano

Oliver Hancock  

chor-respondent

 Year: 2009
live algorithm which interacts with an improvising human performer

  • Instrumentation
    laptop, microphone
  • Programme Note

    chor-respondent is a computer program that interacts with a live performer. The interaction is managed purely through sound, there is no complicated MIDI equipment or electronic sensors – just a microphone. chor-respondent listens to the sounds that the performer plays, and responds by producing sounds of its own. It builds up chords based on the performer’s recent notes, and any notes that it is currently playing. The result is swelling chords of beautiful but often unexpected harmony. A performance lasts as long as the live improviser wishes.

    The program had its first performance at the Songs for Dynamic Systems concert organized by the Live Algorithms for Music network. The performance was with Finn Peters on flute, at Café Oto in London, August 6th 2009.

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Kit Powell  

Christophorus

Duration: 45' 00" Year: 1981, r. 1982
Christmas cantata for baritone, children's chorus, wind orchestra and percussion

  • Instrumentation
    Solo baritone, childrens' chorus Orchestra: 2222; 2220; timp., perc.(2), pno, organ; no strings. Uses slide projections
  • Programme Note

    The first version was written in 1981 collectively with Andre Fischer, a pupil at the Kantonsschule Zürcher Unterland in Bülach. It is a setting of words from an advent calendar by Max Bolliger. It is scored for baritone soloist (Christophorus), children’s chorus and wind orchestra, with percussion. The work was performed twice in December 1981.

    Christophorus tells the story of St. Christopher, a very strong man, who is searching for an ogre who rules the world. Each year, instead of finding the ogre, he finds a child in distress. In the eighth year, still searching, he meets Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem. During the night, when Jesus is born, the child speaks to him and says he has met the ogre seven times already. Christophorus now knows what the ogre is, but is much less sure of his ability to conquer lt.

    The characters of and the children whom he meets are dressed in costume, but do not act. The Cantata is, however, illustrated by a series of slides which are shown during the whole performance.

    In 1982 in Christchurch I revised Christophorus and translated the text into English. It was performed for a season before Christmas of that year, with James Dames singing the part of Christophorus. This revised version has double wind, piano, organ and three percussionists, plus the children’s chorus. A recording was made.

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Felicity Williams  

Dragon Kite

Duration: 25' 00" Year: 1991
dance drama based on a Japanese legend

Rachel Clement  

Ellipsis

Duration: 01' 00"
for any instrument in range

Gary Daverne  

Five New Zealand Christmas Songs

 Year: 1993
five easy piano pieces with lyrics

  • Instrumentation
    piano solo or with choir
  • Programme Note

    “These modern, tuneful pieces with their interesting, rhythmic and harmonic patterns, have proved popular with young students. Five New Zealand Christmas Songs are a welcome addition to use alongside standard repertoire. The imaginative teacher will find them invaluable in teaching aural and keyboard skills, plus the inclusion of chord symbols with the words are a bonus, making these pieces ideal for use in group situations. Highly recommended.” Adrienne Van Drimmelen AIRMT

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Leonie Holmes  

Flowing

Duration: 01' 00" Year: 1989
for two treble instruments and piano