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Nocturne and Sunrise

for flute, viola and guitar

Year:  2008   ·  Duration:  10m 30s
Instrumentation:  alto flute is required for the middle section of this piece

Year:  2008
Duration:  10m 30s
Instrumentation  alto flute is required for ...

Composer:   Anthony Ritchie

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Sample: Pages 1-8

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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.

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