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Poems of Spring
for piano
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These eight pieces for piano range in mood from energetic and ecstatic, to melancholic, and display influences of Bartok and Prokofiev. They were composed when Ritchie was 20 and against the backdrop of the controversial tour to New Zealand by the Springboks rugby team, plus the break up of a personal relationship.
Difficulty note
For Grade 8 and upward
Dedication note
'Morning Air (Calm)' dedicated to A.E.B.
Contents note
1. Spring Dance
2. Yearning
3. Gigue
4. Ritual
5. Elegy (Sorrow)
6. Waltz
7. Lover's Dance
8. Morning Air (Calm)
Performance history
09 Jun 2002: Performed by Emma Sayers at the Conservatorium of Music, Massey University, Wellington
10 Jun 2002: Performed by Emma Sayers at the Conservatoruim of Music, Massey university, Wellington
21 Mar 2007: Mozart Fellows Reunion Concert
12 Sep 2012: NZ Composers Lunchtime Concert
Performed by Tom McGrath
Performed by Anthony Ritchie at University of Canterbury, Christchurch