By:

• Maria Grenfell

Duration:

18' 00"

Contents:

1. Time and the Child; 2. Striking a Pose; 3. Caroline beside the Sundial; 4. A Serious Literary Slip; 5. Time

Samples

	Score (53k)	Page 1 of 'A Serious Literary Slip'	© Maria Grenfell
	Score (173k)	Pages 1-3 of 'Time and the Child'	© Maria Grenfell

Availability

• This work has 2 scores and 2 recordings

Programme Note

This cycle of five songs for baritone and piano was awarded the Philip Neill Prize by the University of Otago in 1991. It expresses five perspectives on the concept of time, some humorous and some more contemplative.

Text Note:

1. Time and the Child (Hone Tuwhare). 2. Striking a Pose (Kevin Ireland). 3. Caroline beside the Sundial (Kevin Ireland). 4. A Serious Literary Slip (Kevin Ireland). 5. Time (Allen Curnow).

Difficulty:

Advanced

Difficulty Note:

suitable for baritone or mezzo-soprano

Influences

• Time

Awards

• Philip Neill Memorial Prize (1991)
  

  A Pinch of Time… , five songs for baritone and piano by Maria Grenfell. Winner of the Philip Neill Memorial Prize in Music from Otago University 1991