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Theme and Variations: The Search

for orchestra

Year:  1998   ·  Duration:  15m
Instrumentation:  3*222; 4231; timp., 2 perc., celesta; strings | (Perc: glock. ,xylo., triangle, tam-tam, bass drum, crash cymbals, susp. cymbal)

Year:  1998
Duration:  15m
Instrumentation  3*222; 4231; timp., 2 perc....

Composer:   Anthony Ritchie

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Sample Score

Sample: first page of theme and Variations 1–8

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Commissioned note

Commissioned by the Dunedin Sinfonia (now Southern Sinfonia) in 1998 for its subscription series and funded by Creative New Zealand


Contents note

Theme - adagio Variation 1 - same tempo - "Travelling alone" Variation 2 - Poco piu mosso - "The restless spirit" Variation 3 - Same tempo - "Doubts" Variation 4 - Andante marcato - "Determination" Variation 5 - Same tempo - "Striving" Variation 6 - Adagio - "Earnscleugh" Variation 7 - Allegro molto - "Fierce optimism" Variation 8 - Same tempo - "The Block" Coda - Largamento - "The Search continues"


Performance history

04 Jul 1998: Performed by the Dunedin Sinfonia (now the Southern Sinfonia) conducted by Andrew Sewell in Dunedin Town Hall

27 Nov 1998: Performed in a rehearsed reading by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marc Taddei as part of the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings

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