Work
From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs
for orchestra
Buy or Borrow
Gareth Farr: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs (2020 revised edition) — hardcopy SCORE
Hardcopy typesetBorrow/Hire:
To borrow items or hire parts please email SOUNZ directly at [email protected].
About
Commissioned note
Commissioned by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for their 50th anniversary celebrations
Dedication note
To Jeremy and Murray, my devoted drummers
Contents note
Part 1: The invocation of the Sea
Part 2: Thus Spake the Sea Gongs
Performance history
26 Oct 1996: Performed by New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner at their 50th anniversary concert at Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington
06 Mar 1997: Premier of parts 1 & 2, performed by New Zealand Symphony Orchestra cond. Sir William Southgate; Town Hall, Wellington
12 Jul 2002: Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya with Leonard Sakofsky, Jennifer Raven, Ryan Trinkovsky and Shane Curry (percussion)
25 Feb 2006: Performed by the Christchurch Symphony conducted by Luc Dollman
04 Mar 2006: Performed by the Christchurch Symphony conducted by
Michael Joel
08 Nov 2006: Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia
conducted by Rupert Bond
16 May 2008: Discover New Zealand Music
23 Jun 2012: CSO - La Mer
14 Oct 2015: APO | Mangopare
Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Young at Symphony House in Wellington in August 1997
27 Mar 2025: NZSO | Pictures at an Exhibition (Wellington)