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New music editions February 2017 We start off 2017 with three releases, all for solo or ensem-

molto finale features a rustic viola theme before the work

ble string instruments. First is Gareth Farr’s From Forgotten

builds to a frenetic close. Though not strictly programmatic,

Forests (1992) for solo harp. This work was commissioned by

Adams’ Look to the Far Horizon attempts to capture some

Carolyn Mills, principal harpist of the New Zealand Sympho-

of the atmosphere and character of the skies and seascapes

ny Orchestra, when Farr was a member of the orchestra’s

surrounding his home city of Dunedin, New Zealand, and the

percussion section. Farr has described From Forgotten Forests as an attempt to bring sonorities out of the harp that he had not heard before, with his experimentations causing him to imagine “a walk in an ancient forest inhabited by extinct birds, their unfamiliar and long-forgotten calls filling the air”. It is the alien quality of the ancient that Farr seems to channel

nearby Otago peninsula. In traversing its arc-like structure, and the contrasting sections that lie within, we find gentle clusters, close imitative writing, upper-register interruptions in biting, bracing harmony and a graceful violin tune, evoking the sights and sounds of seabirds, oscillating tides and cloud formations drifting through bleached skies.

in this mysterious work, as it dwells somewhere between consonance and dissonance, with a spacious, senza misura opening that gradually reveals its scalar material, coloured with harmonics. Eventually settling into an undulating odd-metered pattern, its elements never remain static, with

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New music editions February 2017 Gareth Farr: From Forgotten Forests (for harp) Study Score | NZL PE017 NZ$29.00 (excl. GST) ISMN: 979-0-67452-241-0 | performance score (305x220mm), 12pp (vi,6) | softcover saddle-stitch

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G A RETH FAR R

Commissioned by Carolyn Mills, principal harpist of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, this

From Forgotten Forests Harp

mysterious solo work dwells somewhere between consonance and dissonance, evoking the otherworldly quality of the ancient. The work’s spacious, senza misura opening gradually reveals its scalar material, coloured with harmonics, before eventually settling into an undulating odd-metered pattern. Musical elements never remain static, with incremental harmonic changes taking place alongside gentle tempo fluctuations.

Anthony Ritchie – String Quartet No.2 (for string quartet) University Edition | New Zealand Series

Anthony Ritchie String Quartet No.2

Study score | UME13S NZ$54.00 (excl. GST) ISMN: 979-0-67452-245-8 | study score (305x220mm), 48pp (vi,40) | softcover saddle-stitch

Performance parts | UME13P NZ$63.00 (excl. GST)

Anthony Ritchie String Quartet No.2 (2003)

ISMN: 979-0-67452-246-5 | 4 performance parts (305x220mm), 52pp | paperback saddle-stitch parts in folio cover

Commissioned by the Nevine String Quartet, an ensemble of players from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Ritchie’s second string quartet is an impressive synthesis of sophistication and emotion. The first movement is dominated by energetic compound meters and rhythms, with motivic ideas derived from a magic square, while the second movement’s quiet rocking motion is ISMN 979-0-67452-216-8

pervaded by minor thirds, a common interval in children’s songs. The third movement is a vigorous

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ternary form, with melodic lines that are angular and restless. Its middle section, by contrast, is simple and calm in mood, with a folk-like waltz in the first violin. The allegro molto finale features a rustic theme on viola and concludes with motifs from the other movements invading the texture, bringing the work to a frenetic close.

Peter AdAms Look to the Far Horizon

Peter Adams – Look to the Far Horizon (for string quartet) Study score | UME16S NZ$39.00 (excl. GST) ISMN: 979-0-67452-243-4 | study score (305x220mm), 24pp (vi,16) | softcover saddle-stitch

Performance parts | UME16P NZ$49.00 (excl. GST) ISMN: 979-0-67452-244-1 | 4 performance parts (305x220mm), 32pp | paperback saddle-stitch parts in folio cover

Written for New Zealand’s Jade String Quartet, Look to the Far Horizon sees Adams attempt to capture some of the atmosphere and character of the skies and seascapes surrounding his home city of Dunedin, New Zealand, and the nearby Otago peninsula. Gentle clusters evoke the typically ISMN 979-0-67452-216-8

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building block from which everything is derived, its short note-long note rhythm sometimes transforming into a clipped “scotch snap”. Close imitative entries echo seabirds taking flight in close formation, while upper-register interruptions in biting, bracing harmony suggest the shrieks of seabirds in southerly winds and a graceful violin tune takes inspiration from the fight of the albatross.

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