Work
Nocturne and Sunrise
for flute, viola and guitar
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About
Nocturne & Sunrise was commissioned by Serenata a Tre for performance during their 2009 tour of New Zealand. It was written for performers Donald Maurice, viola, Barbara Hill, flute, and Giovanni Seneca, guitar. The work is in one continuous movement, divided into three sections:
1. Languid but uneasy
2. Slow, creeping
3. Fast, energetic
The trio was started while the composer was on study leave in France. It is inspired by the transition from evening through night and on to morning. Different moods and atmospheres are created, from the slightly moody opening that bursts into a rock-like passage, through to the sounds of night-time in a small Parisian apartment – with distant echoes of footsteps, doors shutting, and so forth. There is tension and uncertainty in this middle section, which is then dispelled by the buoyant final section, a jig.
This creation of this work was funded by The University of Otago, as part of the composer’s 2008 study leave.
Commissioned note
Commissioned by Serenata a Tre
Dedication note
Dedicated to Serenata a Tre
Contents note
1. Languid but uneasy
2. Slow, creeping
3. Fast, energetic
Performance history
14 Apr 2009: Serenata a Tre: Motueka
16 Apr 2009: Serenata a Tre: Whangarei
16 Apr 2009: Serenata a Tre: Kerikeri
18 Apr 2009: Serenata a Tre: Warkworth
19 Apr 2009: Serenata a Tre: Te Awamutu
22 Apr 2009: Serenata a Tre: Wanganui
24 Apr 2009: Serenata a Tre: Rotorua
26 Apr 2009: Serenata a Tre: Tauranga
28 Apr 2009: Serenata a Tre: Wanaka
29 Apr 2009: Serenata a Tre: Dunedin
29 Apr 2009: Serenata a Tre: Gore
01 May 2009: Serenata a Tre: NZSM
31 Jul 2012: Performed by Trio Gremonda Renate, Greiss-Armin (flute), Andra Darzins (viola) and Johannes Monno (guitar), at International Guitar Festival in Nürtingen, Germany.