By:

• Leonie Holmes

Duration:

09' 00"

Instrumentation:

2222; 4231; timp., perc. 1 (glock., xyl., sus. cym., tri., bongos, tub. bells), perc. 2 (vib.), hp, pno (and celesta); strings

Contents:

one movement

Samples

Score (83k)

Pages 7-14© Leonie Holmes

Availability

• This work has 2 scores and a recording

Programme Note

A scene from childhood, remembered as a half peaceful, half eerie dream sequence. Deep in the bush where there were no cicadas singing, the moist smell of soil, a small stream, dark ferns. Occasional streaks of sunlight struck the water. The middle of the ponga fern looked as if it would be a perfect bed to curl up in. I half believed that there were bush-dwelling creatures that did live and sleep there, watching me from the shadows.

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences

• Sleep
• Flora and fauna - NZ

Performance History

	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
		Hamish McKeich    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
	18 Feb 2006	Recorded by Radio NZ Concert for later broadcast and performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich as part of the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings
		Hamish McKeich    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
	13 Feb 2007	Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kenneth Young
		New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Awards

• NZSO-SOUNZ Readings (2004)
  

  Frond was performed at the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings in May 2004

• NZSO-SOUNZ Readings (2006)
  

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