Work
Theme and Variations: The Search
for orchestra
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About
Commissioned note
Commissioned by the Dunedin Sinfonia (now Southern Sinfonia) in 1998 for its subscription series and funded by Creative New Zealand
Contents note
Theme - adagio Variation 1 - same tempo - "Travelling alone" Variation 2 - Poco piu mosso - "The restless spirit" Variation 3 - Same tempo - "Doubts" Variation 4 - Andante marcato - "Determination" Variation 5 - Same tempo - "Striving" Variation 6 - Adagio - "Earnscleugh" Variation 7 - Allegro molto - "Fierce optimism" Variation 8 - Same tempo - "The Block" Coda - Largamento - "The Search continues"
Performance history
04 Jul 1998: Performed by the Dunedin Sinfonia (now the Southern Sinfonia) conducted by Andrew Sewell in Dunedin Town Hall
27 Nov 1998: Performed in a rehearsed reading by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marc Taddei as part of the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings