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This work was commissioned by The Southern Consort of Voices in 1991, with funding from Creative NZ. It sets three NZ poems to music, with a fourth song being wordless: Timepiece to a poem by Cilla McQueen; Before the Fall to a poem by Rachel McAlpine; I lie, I watch the ceiling (wordless); and We could just disappear to a poem by Sam Hunt.
In 2001 Auckland choir Viva Voce recorded this work on their CD entitled Snapshots - A Cappella Choral Favourites. Conductor John Rosser writes of the work - "Anthony has a wonderful knack of writing for voice. Timepiece portrays a woman struggling to break free of suburban neurosis and the tyranny of time. Before the Fall alludes to lost childhood innocence, and We Could just Disappear depicts the future as an endless tunnel of the mind."
Commissioned note
Commissioned by the Southern Consort of Voices
Contents note
1. Timepiece
2. Before the Fall
3. I lie, I watch the ceiling
4. We could just disappear
Text note
1. Cilla McQueen
2. Rachel McAlpine
3. No text
4. Sam Hunt
Performance history
12 Sep 2008: IAMIC Concert 2008
Performed by Viva Voce conducted by John Rosser
Performed by the Jubilate Singers conducted by John Pattinson
Performed by Viva Voce in 2001
Performed by Viva Voce in 2007