2004

for full orchestra

By:

• Claire Cowan

Duration:

10' 00"

Instrumentation:

3 (1 picc).2.3 (1 Bs Cl).2; 4.3.3.1; timp, 3 perc, celesta, piano; strings.

Availability

• This work has 2 scores and a recording

Programme Note

This colourful work explores various fantasy landscapes, employing the use of free time-based sections, where each player can play at their own pace. The piece comprises a series of organically assembled sound climaxes, mixed with sprightly rhythmic sections and playful melody.

Commissioned:

Commissioned by the Auckland Youth Orchestra

• Auckland Youth Orchestra

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences:

• Landscape - other

Dedication:

to the Auckland Youth Orchestra

Performance History

	02 Oct 2004	Performed by Auckland Youth Choir cond. Antun Poljanich; Civic Theatre, Rotorua
		Auckland Youth Orchestra
	06 Nov 2006	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
	02 Jun 2009	Premier performance by the Auckland Youth Orchestra, conducted by Antun Poljanich, Rotorua, October 2004. The recording was broadcast on ‘Light on New Zealand Composers’ by Eva Light on 3mbs Melbourne, Australia

Awards

• NZSO-SOUNZ Readings (2006)
  

  Here at this quiet limit of the world was performed at the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings in November 2006