2005

A "landscape prelude" for piano

By:

• Dylan Lardelli

Contents:

This work is part of the New Zealand Landscape Prelude series

Samples

	Score (329k)	Pages 1-3 of 'Reign'	© Dylan Lardelli
	Recording (940k)	0:00-1:00	© Radio New Zealand / SOUNZ
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Availability

• This work has 3 scores, 1 Media on Demand and 2 recordings

Media on Demand

Programme Note

Reign was inspired by the imagery of the Hone Tuwhare poem Reign Again. Tuwhare’s words talk of the unwavering nature of weather.

On a musical level this short piece is inspired by the polyphonic keyboard works of J.S. Bach.

Commissioned:

Commissioned by Stephen De Pledge

• Stephen De Pledge

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences:

• Landscape - NZ

Dedication:

For Stephen De Pledge

Performance History

	24 Aug 2005	Performed by Stephen De Pledge (piano); Arundel International Festival, Sussex, UK
		Stephen De Pledge
	25 May 2007	Performed by Stephen De Pledge (piano)
		Stephen De Pledge
	27 Feb 2008	Performed by Stephen De Pledge at the Ilott Theatre, Town Hall, Wellington, as part of the 2008 New Zealand International Arts Festival
		Stephen De Pledge
	25 Aug 2010	Performed by Stephen De Pledge (piano) as part of the Dartington International Summer School at the Great Hall, in Dartington, England
		Stephen De Pledge
	06 Apr 2011	Performed by Stephen De Pledge (piano) at the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber in Auckland, as part of the New Zealand International Piano Festival
		Stephen De Pledge
	04 Jul 2011	Performed by Stephen de Pledge (piano) at St Margaret’s Church Lothbury as part of the City of London Festival
		Stephen De Pledge

Events

	22 Mar 2012	Performed by Stephen de Pledge at the University of Glasgow Concert Hall (22 March 2012) and at the University of Edinburgh Reid Concert Hall (23 March 2012), Scotland.
		Stephen De Pledge