This work was first performed at the Cambridge (NZ) Music School, January 1963, with Marjorie Dumbleton (now Sutton) as soloist and conductor Larry Pruden. ...

The title of this work may seem unexpected as there is no Concerto Grosso No. 1 in my list of works! However I've always considered my 1985 work for string...

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The concerto presented the composer with the added challenge of achieving a balanced sound-world between the guitar and the orchestra. Marshall specifically ...

It is customary for composers of contemporary orchestral music to write long programme notes explaining the intricate technical details of their music to the...

Transcend celebrates the high technical and musical ability of the individual members of the modern symphony orchestra. Such increased standards in instru...

The Electric Bass Concerto was written with the intention of highlighting the expressive melodic qualities that the electric bass possesses in the hands of...

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Concerto sul "la" was commissioned by Bel Canto, with funds from the Queen Eli...

The Double Violin Concerto was especially written in 2019-2020 for Martin Riseley and Mark Menzies, two outstanding violinists who have an association with C...

Flute Concerto No. 2 was written during 1990. It was first performed by the Wellington Chamber Orchestra with Hannah Dowsett (flute) on 6th December, 1998 ...

The only piano concerto by Henry Shirley and possibly the first piano concerto written in New Zealand, was written in 1944 though it took over 14 years of tr...

This concerto is a sunny and life-affirming work. There are moments of reflection however, such as the slow introduction, where a long melody on piano is pic...

Arranged by Michael Vidulich from Alfred Hill's "Maori Sonata" for violin and piano

Using the baroque concerto as a model, this work is designed to feature a baritone voice, of which bassoon, baritone saxophone, and even bass clarinet would ...

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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...

The title of this work Convergence, occurred to me only after it was complete and it relates primarily to the second movement, which opens with a prelude t...

Violin Concerto in F takes its themes and forms from folk song and dance music of old Europe. The first movement is an extended recasting of the classic Sc...

Horn Concerto: hydraulic fracture

"The truth of the matter is that the practice has been going safely on in Taranaki for the past 30 years without any iss...

‘Sama’ (Arabic for ‘listening’) is a Sufi ceremony that includes elements of ritual, singing, dancing, music, poetry and prayers. The Mevlevi Order in Turke...

The main theme of the first movement is built on a deliberately 'square' 4 note scale figure; this is interlaced with perfect 4th 'wobbles' and triplets, and...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra is untitled but the music is hardly “absolute”. On the contrary, it is often extroverted, evocative, and full of passionat...

I've wanted to write a Piano Concerto since I was 17 - so it's been gestating in my head for nearly 30 years - and though I've changed profoundly as a musici...

The composer writes: "Movements 3, 4, 5 and 6 were written before Edward (Harper) died, but he was already ill with cancer and the whole concerto was written...

The concerto, in one movement, begins in darkness but soon ascends into lighter worlds as the tempo increases. The personality of the cello – romantic, nosta...

Piano reduction score for oboe and piano of the concerto, arranged by Geoffrey Grey,

During my teenage years I was a member of the National Youth Brass Band. One of the long-standing friendships I have maintained since then is with Riki McDon...