By:

• Samuel Holloway

Duration:

10' 00"

Instrumentation:

2 flutes, 2 clarinets, bassoon, trombone, percussion (suspended cymbal, tam tam, vibraphone, marimba), electric organ, violin, viola, cello, double bass; some amplification required

Samples

Score (117k)

Page 2 - 6

© Samuel Holloway

Availability

• This work has 2 scores and a recording

Programme Note

When a line bends around and crosses itself, a loop is what you have. Too loose, and you have a mere curve. Too tangled, and you have a knot. There’s room in a loop for play and change – it’s a connection but not a conclusion.

[Justin Paton in Julia Morrison: A Loop Around a Loop]

Strange Loops was written for Stroma, with funding from Creative New Zealand.

Commissioned:

Commissioned by Stroma, with funding from Creative New Zealand

• Stroma

Difficulty:

Advanced

Funders:

• Creative New Zealand

Performance History

	24 Sep 2008	Performed by Stroma, conducted Hamish McKeich at Ilott Theatre, Wellington
		Hamish McKeich    Stroma
	19 Jul 2009	Performed by the Auckland Chamber Orchestra, conducted by James Gardner at the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber, Auckland
		Auckland Chamber Orchestra    James Gardner
	29 Jun 2010	Recording the 2009 performance broadcast on “Sound lounge”, Radio New Zealand Concert, and performed by the Auckland Chamber Orchestra, conducted by James Gardner at the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber, Auckland
		Auckland Chamber Orchestra    James Gardner