Work

Theme and Variations: The Search

1998

Duration:: 15' 00"
Instrumentation:: pic.2222, 4231, timp (3), perc (2): glock., xylophone, triangle, tam tam, bass drum, crash cymbals, suspended cymbals, celesta; strings.
Contents:: Theme - adagio Variation 1 - same tempo - "Travelling alone" Variation 2 - Poco piu mosso - "The restless spirit" Variation 3 - Same tempo - "Doubts" Variation 4 - Andante marcato - "Determination" Variation 5 - Same tempo - "Striving" Variation 6 - Adagio - "Earnscleugh" Variation 7 - Allegro molto - "Fierce optimism" Variation 8 - Same tempo - "The Block" Coda - Largamento - "The Search continues"

Commissioned:

Commissioned by the Dunedin Sinfonia (now Southern Sinfonia) in 1998 for its subscription series and funded by Creative New Zealand

Difficulty:

Advanced

Funders:

	04 Jul 1998	Performed by the Dunedin Sinfonia (now the Southern Sinfonia) conducted by Andrew Sewell in Dunedin Town Hall
		Andrew Sewell Southern Sinfonia
	27 Nov 1998	Performed in a rehearsed reading by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marc Taddei as part of the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings
		Marc Taddei New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

NZSO-SOUNZ Readings (1998)

Theme and Variations: The Search was performed at the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings in November 1998