By:

• Martin Lodge

Duration:

05' 00"

Samples

	Recording (456k)	0:00 - 0:58
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Availability

• This work has 2 scores and 4 recordings

Programme Note

Written for virtuoso violist Timothy Deighton, resident in Pennsylvania, USA, Pacific Rock is a spectacular and dramatic piece for solo viola inspired in part by both rock music and the surging of the Pacific Ocean on the islands which make up New Zealand.

Commissioned:

Commissioned by Timothy Deighton

• Timothy Deighton

Influences:

• South Pacific - history and culture
• Sea and water - other
• Music

Performance History

	16 Feb 2000	Performed by Timothy Deighton (viola) at Pennsylvania State College of Arts and Architecture, Pennsylvania, USA
		Timothy Deighton
	04 Feb 2005	Performed by Timothy Deighton (viola) at St John’s Church in Nelson as part of the Adam Chamber Music Festival