By:

• Eve de Castro-Robinson

Duration:

03' 00"

Instrumentation:

2222;4231;timp,perc(xylo,maracas,tri,ratch, guiro,tamb);strs.

Availability

• This work has a score and 2 recordings

Programme Note

This fanfare for full orchestra was ”...refreshing… (Its) gradual thickening of layers of bird calls to abrasive Varesian dissonances near the end had a concise dramatic momentum and coherence.” lan Dando, NZ Listener. (It) ”...begins with sounds that could only be New Zealand ones.” LCM Saunders, NZ Herald.

Commissioned:

Commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

• Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences

• Birds - NZ