Below you will find a list of New Zealand music dealing with the subject of war.
Works marked with * have full length audio or video available for free streaming on our website.
Contents:
World War 1
World War 2
Vietnam
ANZAC, general topic
War, general topic
World War 1
Chris Adams: Echoed Memories
for orchestra 9'
Chris Artley: Dawn
(3 versions): SATB, soprano * baritone * 4'
Callum Blackmore: The First Time I Stood *
for soprano and orchestra 27'
Chris Cree Brown: Pilgrimage to Gallipoli
radiophonic work 85'
Helen Caskie: Anthem for Doomed Youth
for SATB choir 3'
Ewan Clark: An ANZAC Diary
for brass ensemble
Gary Daverne: Gallipoli
for trumpet and orchestra 14'
Tecwyn Evans: Elegy for my Grandfather
for baritone and piano, 5'
Gareth Farr: Chemin des Dames *
for cello and orchestra, 25'
David Hamilton: Futility
for SSATB choir 4'
David Hamilton: A Lament
for SATB choir and piano 3'
David Hamilton: Midnight Rain
for SAB choir and piano 4'
Ross Harris: Requiem for the Fallen *
for solo tenor, SATB choir, taonga puoro, bass drum, and string quartet 45'
Ross Harris: Notes from the Front (Songs for Corporal Aitken) *
for tenor, violin and piano 15'
Ross Harris: Symphony No. 2 *
for mezzo-soprano and orchestra 31'
Janet Jennings: ANZACS: A Generation Lost in Legend *
for SATB choir, STB soloists, violin, brass quintet, percussion and organ 60'
Nigel Keay: Nocturne, Havrincourt 1918 *
for baritone saxophone and double bass 10'
Rachael Morgan: Seeking Answers to the Riddle *
for orchestra 9'
Richard Oswin: Three Gallipoli Settings
for SATB choir 10'
John Psathas: No Man’s Land *
multimedia with live performers and video 85'
Anthony Ritchie: Whispers of Gallipoli *
for baritone and piano 31'
Anthony Ritchie: Gallipoli to the Somme *
for soprano, bass, choir and orchestra 55'
Mark Smythe: Umbra animae *
for SSATB vocal ensemble or choir 4'
Patrick Shepherd: Two Seven Two One
for string orchestra 8'
Louise Webster: Distant Voices
for chamber orchestra 4'
Louise Webster: Where Moons Circle and Burn *
for soprano and orchestra 18'
John Wells: Three Songs of War
for soprano and piano 10'
Kenneth Young: Dona eis requiem *
for soprano, children's choir and orchestra 12'
World War 2
Christopher Blake: Anthem on the Kaipara
for string orchestra 14'
Philip Brownlee Mists and Voices *
electroacoustic 11'
Ross Harris: To the Memory of I.S. Totzka *
for soprano and chamber nonet 20'
Ross Harris: Symphony No. 5 *
for alto and orchestra 45'
Ross Harris: String Quartet No. 3 'Blood Red Roses' *
for string quartet 11'
Nigel Keay: Fanfare for Orchestra *
for orchestra 3'
Anton Killin: Podroze
electroacoustic 20'
Anthony Ritchie: A Bugle Will Do *
for orchestra 9'
Carol Shortis: Tesknota
for eight-part vocal ensemble, soprano and countertenor soloists, string quintet and piano 8'
Michael Williams: The Juniper Passion
an opera in three acts 95'
John Young: Ricordiamo Forli
a radiophonic/electroacoustic work 53'
Vietnam
Lilburn: Poem in Time of War
for tape 17'
ANZAC, general topic
Andrew Baldwin: Pastures Green
for SSATBB choir 3'30''
Andrew Baldwin: For the Fallen
for SSATBB choir 4'30''
Colin Gibson: Hymn for Anzac Day
for congregation and keyboard accompaniment 4'
Colin Gibson: Honour the Dead - Hymn for Anzac Day
for unison voices and piano
Vernon Griffiths: Peace and War
for choir and brass band 10'
David Hamilton: The Captives’ Hymn
for two-part treble voices, trombone and piano 3'
David Hamilton: A Call to Arms
for baritone, SATB choir and piano 16'
Patrick Shepherd: In Flanders Fields
for SATB choir 4'
War, general topic
Alan Cruise-Johnston: Requiem for an Unknown Soldier
for SATB choir and organ 30'
Susan Frykberg: The Day is Come
for tenor and piano
David Hamilton: Anthem for Doomed Youth
for tenor solo, SAATB choir, and chamber orchestra 7'30''
Ross Harris: …and the final sky
for SATB choir 5'