By:

• Gillian Whitehead
• Jack Speirs

Instrumentation:

(1)2333; 4331; timp., perc. (3 drums, sus. cym., side drum), hp; strings

Availability

• This work has a score

Programme Note

Completed by Gillian Whitehead

Text Note:

Poem by Charles Brasch

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences:

• Art and literature - NZ

Performance History

	03 May 2007	Performed as part of the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings in 2007 by the NZSO with conductor Hamish McKeicha and David Griffiths (baritone) in Wellington
		Hamish McKeich    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Awards

• NZSO-SOUNZ Readings (2007)
  

  Symphony: The Islands was performed at the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings in February 2007

• NZSO-SOUNZ Readings (2010)
  

  Symphony: The Islands by Jack Speirs and Gillian Whitehead was recorded at the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings in September 2010.’