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Sepuluh Jari
SEPULUH JARI DEDICATED TO MICHAEL HOUSTOUN Gareth Farr
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ancient – to create challenging, exciting contemporary classical works. Works for piano by Gareth Farr, Christos Hatzis, Vincent Ho and John Psathas certainly reflect this broad range of influences and styles. The following sample
piano, as well as collections of piano works by influential New Zealand figures Douglas Lilburn and Larry Pruden.
Solo Piano Gareth Farr’s music reflects his personality – bold, brash, or delicate and sensuous, but inevitably, immediately engaging. Rhythmic elements of his compositions can be
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The Horizon from Owhiro Bay (2007) (PE091) is Farr’s musical
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composer’s home. Farr writes: “This prelude is a musical
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linked to the complex and exciting rhythms of Rarotongan
repeated two-note motif which serves as a literal horizon as
log drum ensembles, Balinese gamelan and other
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percussion music of the Pacific Rim, and these influences
descending figures.
spill over into his works for piano. Balinese Pieces (1996-2003) (PE128) is a set of three piano works influenced by gamelan music of Indonesia. This collection includes Sepuluh Jari (“ten fingers”), Tentang Cara Gamelan (“on the technique of gamelan”), and Jangan Lupa (“don’t forget”). Farr perfectly captures the exciting rhythms and beautiful sonorities of gamelan music and combines it with sounds
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horizons by partnering the traditional with the modern – or
covers virtuosic works for solo piano, chamber works for
Jenny Lin performs the music of John Psathas
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classical tradition, these composers broaden their stylistic
of piano music from the Promethean Editions catalogue
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Piano Music Catalogue – September 2015