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Birthday Music for Sheila
for bassoon
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About
The whole piece is based on the first four notes of the Prelude, which represents the name Sheila [Sheila Climpson "salami maker, potter, bassoonist and friend" - the works dedicatee]. The prelude also holds the clue to which particular birthday this is!
-JS
Dedication note
for Sheila Climpson
Contents note
1. Prelude
2. Dithyramb
3. Ostinato
4. Toccata
5. Postlude
Performance history
07 Mar 2006: Performed by Ben Hoadley (bassoon) as part of the Bay of Islands Arts Festival at The Centre, in Kerikeri
14 Jan 2007: Performed by Ben Hoadley (bassoon) at Trondheim Public Library Auditorium, in Norway
16 Mar 2010: New Zealand Music for Woodwinds
16 Mar 2010: Performed by Ben Hoadley (bassoon) at St Andrews on the Terrace in Wellington
28 Jun 2013: Performed by Ben Hoadley (bassoon) at University of Redlands in California
November 2009: Performed by Joseph Donnelly (bassoon) at Marama Hall in Dunedin