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- for youth orchestra
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- Duration:
- 07' 00"
- Instrumentation:
- 2222; 2221; timp., percussion (1 player: bass drum, snare drum, tambourine), piano; strings
Samples
 | Score (282k) | Pages 1-8 | © Chris Gendall |
Availability
- This work has 2 scores, 1 Media on Demand, 3 recordings and a resource
Programme Note
Moto Perpetuo was commissioned by the Wellington Youth Sinfonietta for their tenth anniversary concert in 2003. I was excited about the prospect of composing a work for a group of enthusiastic performers, willing to throw themselves head-first at a challenge.
Moto Perpetuo is inspired by this youthful approach to music making which manifests musically as a sort of exuberant relentless energy.
- Commissioned:
- Commissioned by the Wellington Youth Sinfonietta on their 10th Anniversary
Performance History
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16 Nov 2003 |
Premiered by the Wellington Youth Sinfonietta conducted by Michael Vinten. |
| Michael Vinten Wellington Youth Sinfonietta | ||
| 01 Oct 2003 |
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Marc Taddei as part of the orchestra’s Graduate Composers’ Workshop |
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| Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Marc Taddei | ||
| 04 May 2004 |
Performed in a rehearsed reading by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich as part of the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings |
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| Hamish McKeich New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | ||
| 01 Aug 2004 |
Performed by Wellington Youth Orchestra conducted by Marc Taddei at Wellington Town Hall |
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| Marc Taddei Wellington Youth Orchestra |
Awards
- Auckland Philharmonia Graduate Composer Workshops (2003)
Moto Perpetuo was performed and recorded at the 2003 Workshops.
- NZSO-SOUNZ Readings (2004)
Moto Perpetuo was performed at the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings in May 2004