Work
Aurora
for orchestra
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This fanfare for full orchestra was "...refreshing... (Its) gradual thickening of layers of bird calls to abrasive Varesian dissonances near the end had a concise dramatic momentum and coherence." (lan Dando, NZ Listener) (It) "...begins with sounds that could only be New Zealand ones." (LCM Saunders, NZ Herald)
Commissioned note
Commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Performance history
06 Jul 1990: Performed by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by John Hopkins on 5th July 1990.
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by John Hopkins in 1990