Work
Dancing on a Volcano
for orchestra
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About
This work for full orchestra was commissioned by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. It is inspired by a quote from Comte de Salvandy, "Nous dansons sur un volcan", said just before the revolution of 1830. The composer comments, "Like many New Zealanders I was born pretty much on a fault line and see music straddling that faultline between emotion and intellect – a harmony of fantasy and logic."
Commissioned note
Commissioned by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Performance history
04 Apr 1997: Premiered by New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Janos Furst; Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington
23 Jul 2001: Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Young