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It was conceived as a concerto-type work without favoring any particular instru... 1 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 resource Work Meditations in Memory of James K Baxter Jonathan Ladd for orchestra 1 film/audio Work (ir)rational Louisa Nicklin for orchestra 2 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample Work Fanfare2007 Robin Toan for orchestra Work Island of Wine2009 Robin Toan for orchestra When I read about the annual Waiheke Island Wine Festival being held at a place called Isola Estate I had a picture of perfection taking shape in my mind. In... 1 film/audio 2 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample Work Aquarium & Puppets2008 Robin Toan for full orchestra Two movements adapted from chamber work, Barcelona Postcards. The first movement illustrates the plethora of fish to be seen at the aquarium at feeding ... 3 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample Work Concertino2010 Robin Toan for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and orchestra 2 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample Work dans la nuit2006 Robin Toan for string orchestra dans la nuit is based on a motif of a sustained note and a small range of glissandi notes. The motif follows an irregular rhythmic pattern which creates a ... 1 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample 1 resource Work La Sagrada Familia2006 Robin Toan for orchestra La Sagrada Familia was inspired by the most unconventional church in Europe. The Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia, which stands proudly in Barcelona ... 2 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample 1 resource Work Movement for Orchestra1961 Philip Hodgson for orchestra 2 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample Work Noumena2013 Jason Post for orchestra The title of this work refers to an object beyond our phenomenal experience of it. Throughout the piece, listeners are presented with two musical ideas: a cl... 2 film/audio 3 buy/borrow 3 scores 1 sample Work Lucifer Illuminatus1975 Douglas Mews for orchestra 1 buy/borrow 1 score Work March: Lambton Quay1959 Larry Pruden for orchestra 2 buy/borrow 1 score Work Marlborough Overture, Op. 71962 Ray Twomey for orchestra The Marlborough Overture was inspired on a trip from Nelson to Picton at the top of New Zealand's south island. It alludes to the grandeur of the region - ... 7 buy/borrow 3 scores 2 samples 1 resource Work Marram1980 Noel Sanders for orchestra 1 film/audio 2 buy/borrow 1 score 1 sample Work Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?2008 Hannah Gilmour for orchestra The title of this piece translates: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” These were some of the last words spoken by Jesus before he died. It is base... 3 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample Work five portraits2016 Josiah Carr for orchestra five portraits is a set of five short scores/mini-concerti for orchestra based on the 'Big Five personality types' determined in psychology. Each 'portrait' ... 2 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample Work Hinterland1997 Martin Lodge for orchestra Commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonia this orchestral work integrates a quotation from a piano piece by Anton Bruckner ("Erinnerung") with original mater... 2 film/audio 6 buy/borrow 1 score Work High Valley, Op. 201998 Ray Twomey for symphony orchestra with SATB choir This tone poem, along with Far Calling, was composed to evoke the Rocky Mountains - as seen from the vantage point of Canmore, Alberta. Far Calling inclu... 6 buy/borrow 3 scores 2 samples 1 resource Work Highbury Grove1969 Gary Daverne for orchestra 4 buy/borrow 2 scores Work Piano Concerto No. 1 Brent Parker for piano and orchestra 1 buy/borrow Work Piano concerto No. 2 Brent Parker for piano and orchestra 1 buy/borrow Work Metamorphoses1965 Barry Vercoe for chamber orchestra Metamorphoses was written while the composer was a composition Teaching Fellow at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA. His teachers included Ross ... 1 film/audio 3 buy/borrow 3 scores 1 sample Work Root Vegetable Opera2019 Robbie Ellis arranged for baritone and orchestra I used to run a comedy songwriting night called Song Sale. Audience members could commission songs on any topic. Someone wanted an opera about root vegetab... 1 film/audio 3 buy/borrow 3 scores 1 sample Work Our Dried Voices2005 Alison Grant for orchestra TS Eliot's poem suite 'The Hollow Men' has long since gripped me in both an aesthetic and an expressive sense. For some time I toyed with the idea of writin... 1 film/audio 2 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample 2 resources Work Monty Python's Flying Dutchman2013 Robbie Ellis for orchestra John Philip Sousa’s Liberty Bell March and Richard Wagner’s Flying Dutchman Overture make a surprisingly good mash-up. I wrote this when I lived in a lar... 1 film/audio 3 buy/borrow 3 scores 1 sample Work Concertino No. 1 Brent Parker for guitar and orchestra 1 buy/borrow Work Mr Dever2005 Brent Parker a ballet for orchestra 1 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 resource Work Symphony1991 Brent Parker for full orchestra 1 buy/borrow 1 score Work Pohutukawa2020 David Hamilton for orchestra The pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) is often known as New Zealand's Christmas tree. It normally produces its bright crimson flowers around Christmas time, ... 1 buy/borrow 1 score 1 sample Work Pasticcio espagnol2019 Robbie Ellis a song for voice and orchestra I had the most fantastic opportunity: a full-length orchestral concert with me as the comedic lead. I had plenty of musical comedy material, but I lacked a s... 1 film/audio 3 buy/borrow 3 scores 1 sample Work Mono No Aware (A Sensitivity to Ephemera)2018 Julius Mari Magpantay for orchestra 'Mono no aware' is a term used to describe an awareness of the ephemerality of things. This awareness of the fact that things are transient, that they don't ... 3 buy/borrow 3 scores 1 sample Work Symphony - Organ1995 Tecwyn Evans for orchestra and organ 4 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample Work Fires of Light1996 Tecwyn Evans for orchestra Work Sinfonietta1995 Tecwyn Evans for chamber orchestra 2 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample 1 resource Work Suite from Sintel (Original Film Rescore)2018 Matthew Beardsworth for orchestra Sintel is a short film score by Matthew Beardsworth, composed to the Blender short animated film (dir. Colin Levy) of the same name. The film tells the tra... 3 buy/borrow 3 scores 1 sample Work Waitemata Waltz No. 1 - "Dance of the Harbour Ferries"2017 Matthew Beardsworth for orchestra Waitemata Waltz No. 1, Dance of the Harbour Ferries' is my effort to compose a Romantic-era waltz inspired by the works of the composer Johann Strauss II (18... 3 buy/borrow 3 scores 1 sample Work Prelude in D Minor2017 Matthew Beardsworth for chamber orchestra Drawing from how Beethoven built the first movement of his Fifth Symphony upon the famous 'Fate' motif, Prelude in D Minor is based around a single cell-like... 1 film/audio 3 buy/borrow 3 scores 1 sample Work Concertino No. 1 in A Minor2016 Matthew Beardsworth for violin and chamber orchestra Suitable for school or community orchestras 3 buy/borrow 3 scores 1 sample Work Sintel (Original Film Rescore)2018 Matthew Beardsworth for orchestra and choir Sintel (directed by Colin Levy) is a dark fantasy epic about a girl, her dragon, and the long journey she goes on to get him back. Inspired by the orc... 1 film/audio 2 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample Work Fantasia on Climate Change2016 Matthew Beardsworth for orchestra Climate change is something that I feel very strongly about. With 2016 becoming the hottest year on record, glaciers melting around the world, storms becomin... 2 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample Work Seeking Answers to the Riddle2015 Rachael Morgan for orchestra Written for and premiered by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in commemoration of the WWI centenary. Inspired by the following letter from a WWI soldier. ... 3 film/audio 3 buy/borrow 3 scores 1 sample 2 resources Work The Fall of Icarus2017 Julia Francis for orchestra The Fall of Icarus is based on Bill Hammond’s painting of the same name. Bill Hammond based his painting on the earlier version by Pieter Bruegel. The anci... 3 buy/borrow 3 scores 1 sample Work Meeting Place1984 John Rimmer for orchestra This work was originally written for the Auckland Youth Orchestra and has had many performances throughout New Zealand. 6 buy/borrow 3 scores 1 sample Work Vulcan1999 John Rimmer for orchestra New Zealand lies on one of the most volatile regions of the Earth, the so called 'Pacific Ring of Fire'. This fanfare reminds us of the way in which the cult... 3 film/audio 4 buy/borrow 3 scores 2 samples 3 resources « First ‹ Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next › Last » × Borrow/Hire: To borrow items or hire parts please email SOUNZ directly at info@sounz.org.nz.