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ACD403

The Islands

Performers:


Christopher Blake, NZSO






A personal symphonic presentation by Christopher Blake of his homeland's physical and spiritual dimensions, along with three briefer tone poems on New Zealand themes. After studying music and engineering at Canterbury University, Christopher Blake gained a post graduate degree in composition from the University of Southampton. Blake has undertaken commissions for all the major music organisations in New Zealand and for a wide variety of performers.

1.

Symphony – The Islands (1996): Recitative and Appassionata

Christopher Blake

17:20

2.

Symphony – The Islands (1996): Gongs, Echoes and Chants

Christopher Blake

13:53

3.

Symphony – The Islands (1996): And none knows…

Christopher Blake

11:26

4.

We All Fall Down (1996)

Conductor – Marc Taddei

Christopher Blake

8:34

5.

Echelles de Glace (1992)

Conductor – Philip Walsh

Christopher Blake

9:09

6.

The Furnace Of Pihanga (1999)

Conductor – Marc Taddei

Christopher Blake

10:36