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Matthew Davidson

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1991
analogue tape piece

Programme Note

This “reverse theme and variations” was realized in Studio B of the Experimental Music Studiols at University of Illinois, Urbana, USA. Distorted beyond recognition, and then increased in speed to the point of white noise, the “theme” or sound source is revealed in the final moments. And, as should be the case, John Barrymore has the last word.
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- Stolen Music - New Compositions by Matthew Davidson
  
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- Stolen Music - Chamber and Electronic Music by Matthew Davidson Year: 1996
  
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Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1992
for string orchestra

Instrumentation
7 vln, 3 vla, 2 celli, 1 d bass.
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- Whitaker: "On a Drawing of His Mother"; facsimile
  
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Duration: 17' 00" Year: 1996
easy pieces for 1-4 players (or more)

Instrumentation
miscellaneous instruments/keyboards
Programme Note

Though written for beginners, these pieces are quite attractive, and could be programmed for other than beginners concerts!
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- McLeod: 18 Easy Pieces; computer-set
  
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Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1992
for string quartet

Year: 1991
A2 graphic scores printed on kinwashi white (Japanese paper)

Programme Note

Created for the exhibition ‘Music in the Eye’, curated by Philip Dadson, City of Edinburgh Music Library, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, 2001.
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- Sauer, Theresa (ed.): Notations 21 Year: 2009
  
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Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1995
scored work for saxophone quartet and 6 vocalists

Year: 1993
for voice and piano

Year: 1996, r. 2011
for violin and guitar

Programme Note

The 3 Pieces for Violin and Guitar were written originally for tenor and guitar, from the cycle called Five Dunedin Songs (1996), based on poems by Bernadette Hall. In 2005 they were re-arranged for viola and guitar, for Donald Maurice and Matthew Marshall, and in 2011 for Duo Tapas. These pieces draw on jazz and folk influences. ‘Song’ is playful, and depicts ‘Stonewoman’, a well-known maternal landmark in Christchurch, while ‘Tomahawk Sonnet’ expresses grief for the death of the poet’s father. ‘Lovesong’ is also grieving, but for lost love, and is jaunty and edgy in tone.

(notes from Duo Tapas’ CD “Da Chara”)
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