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Symphony No. 2

for mezzo-soprano and orchestra

Year:  2006   ·  Duration:  31m
Instrumentation:  3*2*23*; 4331; 3 perc; mezzo soprano; strings | (Perc: bs.dr, sn.dr, susp. cymbal, triangle, tub. bells, roto-toms, tambourine, xylo., tam-tam)

Year:  2006
Duration:  31m
Instrumentation  3*2*23*; 4331; 3 perc; mezz...

Ross Harris
Composer

Composer:   Ross Harris

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About

Described as “often beautiful and sometimes frightening” (NZ Listener), Ross Harris’s Symphony No 2 is a setting of poems on the subject of New Zealand soldiers shot for desertion in World War One. Writer Vincent O’Sullivan’s deeply felt descriptions of violence, love and tragedy are reflected in a moving and dramatic score.


Commissioned note

Written for the Auckland Philharmonia and Madeleine Pierard


Contents note

Four movements


Text note

Text by Vincent O'Sullivan


Performance history

01 Jun 2006: Performed by Madeleine Pierard (mezzo-soprano), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and conducted by Bundit Ungrangee at the Auckland Town Hall, Auckland

19 Aug 2010: Echoes of War

21 Apr 2016: Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conductor Hamish McKeich, with Madeleine Pierard (mezzo-soprano) at the Michael Fowler Centre.

Performed by Madeleine Pierard (mezzo-soprano), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and conducted by Bundit Ungrangee at the Auckland Town Hall, Auckland

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