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A Day Trip to White Island/Whakaari
for full orchestra
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About
The brooding volcano is described with an uneasy ostinato on wind and strings whilst the brass menace with surging chords. Suddenly the piano erupts and drives the orchestra towards a climax. Moments of pause occur but the relentless, unsleeping volcano always continues to threaten. The juxtaposition of mechanical musical ostinati against natural forces serves as a striking contrast between man and nature. Gradually the orchestra begins a requiem for all those who lost their lives on White Island, an apotheosis.