Gareth Farr: Ahi — hardcopy SCORE and PARTS

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The style of Farr's Ahi varies in each of its four movements. The flavour of a French lullaby predominates in the instantly appealing first movement; an intense and unrelenting second movement harbours overtones of a Russian military factory via aggressive pizzicato and a syncopated piano part; while a Balinese pop-inspired fourth movement contains numerous gamelan-like effects.