By:

• Lyell Cresswell

Duration:

22' 00"

Instrumentation:

(1)2 (2nd dbls alto fl., 3rd dbls picc.)2(1)2(1)2(1); 4331; strings

Availability

• This work has a score and a recording

Programme Note

Lyell Cresswell describes his work Ara Kopikopiko, which takes its title from the Maori word for Labyrinth, as a concerto for orchestra in which the instruments and ideas are treated as tesserae in a mosaic, assembled to catch the light at different angles. At its premiere the work was introduced by the composer and broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Commissioned:

This work was made possible by the award of the first Elgar Bursary

Difficulty:

Advanced

Performance History

	29 Apr 2005	Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Porcelijn; Barbican Hall, London, United Kingdom
	13 May 2006	Performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with conductor Hamish McKeich, in Australia
		Hamish McKeich