A symphonic fanfare for orchestra

Composed in 1936, Forest was one of Lilburn’s earilest significant compositions. It won a competition initiated by Percy Grainger for an orchestral piece p...

This very appealing and audience friendly work. The Presto sections provide some real orchestral fireworks.

A spectacular orchestral showpiece - very virtuoso in effect, with quieter sections having lyrical solos for violin, trumpet, trombone and flute. Very excit...

This is a lively 9-minute piece is written for a full-sized amateur orchestra. It evokes the music of East European bagpipes, which the composer experienced ...

Scored for E flat, B flat and bass clarinets with orchestra this work was reviewed as, "a magnificent reward to the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra...a civil...

Tabuh Pacific was composed as a lively dialogue between two diverse instrumental ensembles, the symphony orchstra and the Balinese gamelan. Like the orches...

Paul Schramm was an Austrian refugee who arrived in New Zealand in 1939. He and his wife, Diny, were both concert pianists. They had first tried to settle in...

This work is described as a poignant and romantic orchestral piece.

Written for and premiered by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in commemoration of the WWI centenary. Inspired by the following letter from a WWI soldier. ...

A concerto for horn and orchestra, Explorations- Discoveries was composed in the early 1970’s at a time when the James Cook bicentenary was being celebrated....

Soundscape for symphony orchestra was conceived in 1972 when the composer was a teacher at Barton Court School in Canterbury. As house mistress of a house ...

'Alegria' is an education piece for children of primary school age. It focuses on aspects of rhythm and ostinato, and it is based on the flamenco principle ...

Scored for 11 violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos, and 1 double bass, this work was commissioned by the School of Music, University of Canterbury with Arts Council f...

These five short pieces are specially composed for the Nelson Symphony Orchestra 50th Anniversary.

Each piece is based on a short evocative poem written b...

Extensive incidental music for large orchestra, this work was written for a spectacular, Pacific-based, music-theatre production of Shakespeare's play. The...

This orchestral work was especially written for the orchestra in the 2006 Christchurch Primary Schools' Festival.

Following the theme of 'celebrations' ...

Procession was commissioned by the Manukau Symphony Orchestra, as part of the Composer-in-Residence position held by Anthony Ritchie. It was written for th...

As Night Falls is described as a Poem for Orchestra, and is originally apparently for piano.

Also exists as a version for soprano and piano

​Orchestral overture originally composed for the Queen's Golden Jubilee of 2002.

An orchestral arrangement of a piano work by Edvard Grieg.

City workers, coffee bars, restaurants and the cosmopolitan busy-ness of city life, during the week day lunch period, are depicted in this orchestral tapestry.

Orchestral music for film produced by Don Reynolds and directed by Geoff Murphy for Cinepro.

The first movement opens with the soloist presenting a theme based on the intervals of a minor third and perfect fourth. This establishes the modal flavour o...

Anastasis is an exploration of musical contrasts where chamber music elements of intimacy and social interplay are juxtaposed with the colour and power of ...

This work reflects my developing interest in the incredible diversity of melodic forms and styles as found outside the traditions of Western art music. The b...

The origin of the term ‘cassation’ is clouded with speculation, but around the time of Haydn and Mozart it was used more or less interchangeably with ‘serena...

Mapoutahi Sands was commissioned by the Dunedin Youth Orchestra, with the assistance of Creative New Zealand (Arts Council of Aotearoa). Many thanks to Ant...

This is the largest orchestra I have written for, and after writing film music for some years for small and medium-sized orchestras, I decided that a full sy...

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...

Commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonia this orchestral work integrates a quotation from a piano piece by Anton Bruckner ("Erinnerung") with original mater...

Written in commemoration of the many children who have been the victims of war, this work was stimulated by the horrors of the conflict in Bosnia. It is an ...

Open Waters an inclusive orchestral experience with and for people with disabilities.

Open Waters: the title itself suggests inclusiveness, which is what ...

Imagine the harmonics associated with each musical sound as its "aura". This piece brings these auras into fuller consciousness: at the start the orchestra's...

This orchestral work was commissioned by the Gisborne Community Arts Council for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and celebrates 100 years of work by the S...

Song of the Seagull for solo flute and string orchestra was composed in 2007 as an entry in the Haifa International Competition for Composers.

Inspirati...

Written in 2010 this is my first large-scale orchestral work.
Each of the four movements is based on the idea of one of the four classical elements - Fire...

Queen of Demons is Farr's second orchestral piece that is based on the Hebrew myth of the demonic Lilith, the first being Lilith's Dream of Ecstasy.

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He Iwi Tahi Tātou is the composer’s “reaction...to the vibrant culture that we live in – the good and bad, the ups and downs. It’s about the unique cultura...

This suite for orchestra is a light-hearted collection of 8 sections with a sting in the tail. It is within the capabilities of amateur orchestras.

Wenceslas was composed in 1992 for the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and the Christchurch Treble Boys Choir with music director Charles Levings, for perf...

The chamber orchestra version is a 'sketch' of the orchestral version.

This piece for orchestra was composed while I was staying in New York in September 1999, rising very early in the morning to quietly play piano and compose. ...

This short work grew out of the middle movement. Originally composed for violin and strings, “Memorial” was first performed in a version for oboe and strings...