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Music-theatre
works - click links for .mp3 audio or
.pdf score samples
| • Love Sonnets of Michelangelo | soprano & mezzo-soprano (13 min.) (1982) audio sample score sample |
A setting of some of Michelangelo's
most personal texts for soprano and mezzo-soprano, in a
style that combines
the theatricality of the Italian opera with the direct expressivity of folksong.
It was originally
conceived as music-theatre, combining film and dance, performed
by Michael Parmenter.
Score: Waiteata Music Press
Recording:
Waiteata Music Press
Film: the
composer
| • Alley | tenor/counter-tenor,
actor, Chinese opera singer, two Chinese hu'er
singers, male chorus, and 15 person ensemble of Western and Chinese instruments (90 min.) (1997) |
An opera in three
acts based on the life of Rewi Alley, a New Zealander who lived in
China for
sixty years. Produced at the 2000 NZ International Festival of Arts.
Score: the composer
| • Circle of Solitude | solo performer using amplified household utensils (15 min.) (1985) |
Score:
the composer
| • 14 Stations | amplified pianist (22 min.) (2000) |
A music-theatre
work especially written for Wellington pianist Dan Poynton. Although referring
indirectly to religious
symbolism, the composition focuses on the physical
and mental stress that pianists submit themselves to.
Score:
the composer
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