By:

• Dorothy Ker

Duration:

10' 00"

Instrumentation:

3333; 4231; timpani, three percussion players: vibes, 3 tam tams, 3 suspended cymbals, 3 triangles, 5 woodblocks, maracas, bamboo chimes, metal chimes, bass drum, 5 toms, bongos, whip, large guiro, cabassa, thunder sheet with pickup microphone connected to a portable amplifier; harp; strings

Availability

• This work has 3 scores

Programme Note

‘The Third Dream’ is the one of a series of works exploring the nature of memory and dreams. In this piece, the ‘dreamer’ is the earth itself, recalling an episode in its own history. Emerging from the primordia of a barely audible heartbeat, to which it ultimately returns, the work draws on the full resources of the symphony orchestra to build organically from delicate stirrings to a physicality of volcanic intensity. ‘The Third Dream’ has been recorded by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for Radio New Zealand.

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences

• Sleep

Performance History

	23 Jan 2003	Performed in a rehearsed reading by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich as part of the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings
		Hamish McKeich    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
	17 Feb 2006	Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich as part of a special edition of the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings which were recorded for later broadcast by Radio NZ Concert
		Hamish McKeich    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Awards

• NZSO-SOUNZ Readings (2003)
  

  The Third Dream was performed at the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings in January 2003

• NZSO-SOUNZ Readings (2006)
  

  The Third Dream was performed at the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings in February 2006, and recorded by Radio New Zealand Concert