MAJOR PERFORMANCES AND RECORDINGS OF COMPOSITIONS
• Concerto Grosso for Flute, Harpsichord and Orchestra, performed by flautist Adrianna Lis and harpsichordist Rosemary Barnes with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Peter Scholes, July 24, 2016 to a capacity audience: the work received a standing ovation. Recorded by Franco Viganoni (Viganoni and Viganoni), and SOUNZ. Adrianna Lis is intending to perform the work in Poland (date to be announced).
• The Radish and the Shoe, composition for narrator and orchestra, recorded by the New Zealand
Symphony Orchestra, in English, and French; October 2014, Wellington, New Zealand
• The Radish and the Shoe, composition for narrator and orchestra, performed by the Preston Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne, conducted by Mario Dobernig, and narrated by the composer (Andrew Perkins) November 30, 2014
• an orchestral reduction of La Captive by Berlioz, for soprano, pianoforte and cello, performed by Vivien Hamilton (mezzo), Len Vorster (pianist), and Lachlan Dent (cello), Uniting Church, Diamond Creek, Melbourne, August 16, 2014
• an arrangement of Four Serious Songs by Brahms, for baritone, string quartet and pianoforte, performed at the Melbourne Recital Centre Salon on 16th and 18th June 2014 by baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes, pianist Kristian Chong, violinists Wilma Smith and Nicholas Waters, viola player Lisa Grosman, and cellist Michelle Wood.
• Waltz-Fantasia for orchestra, performed during the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s 2010 Composers’ Workshop.
Recorded 2012 by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Wellington, November, 2012.
• Christchurch Vespers, Vespers for the Feast of Pentecost, for soprano solo, choir and orchestra – public performance and CD recording by Bach Musica, with soprano soloist Gina Sanders. July 22, 2012, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Dr Martin Andrew, New Zealand Opera News, November, 2012
Interview with Eva Radich, Radio New Zealand, Tuesday 17th July 2012.
• Huia, scored for harp and wind quintet, performed and recorded by Jess Fotinos (harp) with students from the Australian National Academy of Music during their 2011 Composers’ Workshop.
• Ave Maris Stella for pipe organ. CD recording ‘New Zealand Organ Music’, performed and recorded by Richard Apperley, Wellington, 2012.
• Tango-Romanza, scored for full concert band.
Performed October, 2009 by the Watsonia Defense Force Concert Band, Melbourne, Australia.
• Jubilate Deo, scored for SSATB choir, full symphony orchestra and pipe organ. Commissioned by the Baradene College Limited, performed by the Baradene College of the Sacred Heart Sophia Choir, Jubilee Singers and members of Bach Musica, with the Baradene College Orchestra supplemented by alumni on the occasion of the Colleges’ Centennial Celebrations, Baradene College, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand.
Performed 20 August, 2009, at the KBB Festival, Auckland.
Performed 22 August, 2009, Baradene College Centennial Concert, Auckland, New Zealand.
Performed 11 September, 2009, Baradene College Centennial Mass, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Song To The Lord Jesus for SATB choir and pipe organ
Commissioned by the Catholic Church to be performed as part of the rededication ceremonies celebrating the refurbishment of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Auckland. The premiere performances were September 14 and 15, 2007.
• Echo for contralto and pianoforte
Premiere performance was November 8, 2003, The Pre-Raphaelite Dream exhibition concert given by contralto Cathie Harrop and pianist Paul Harrop.
• Warkworth March for brass band
(Written and performed to celebrate Warkworth’s 150th Anniversary
Warkworth Town Hall, October 11, 2003 and on Founders’ Day, November 15 2003)
•Salve, Regina for symphony orchestra
(Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2002 Composers’ Workshop, first movement of three for orchestra, 1993) Conductor, Mark Tadai; recorded by Concert FM
• Fantasia For Eight Celli (Ensemble Philharmonia, commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Aotea Centre, Auckland, performed October 20, 21, 1993) Broadcasts, Concert FM 1993, 1994
• The Flying Gardens: Tui for symphony orchestra
(Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s School’s Concert, second of three movements for orchestra, 1993) Conductor, Uwe Grodd.
• Ways of Light and Life song cycle for baritone, clarinet, French horn, violin, two violas, and violoncello
(two performances, Ensemble Philharmonia, Auckland Philharmonia, Composer in Residence Commission, Aotea Centre, Auckland, 1992)
Conductor, Andrew Perkins; baritone Iosefa Enari; live performance recorded by Concert FM, 1992
• Symphony Der Bote for symphony orchestra and mezzo soprano
(Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Composer In Residence commission, Aotea Centre, Auckland, 1992) Conductor, William Boughton; mezzo soprano, Carmel Carroll; Broadcasts, Concert FM (1992 live broadcast/performance; 1993)
• The Flying Gardens, two pieces for solo violoncello
(many performances including two separate performances at the Aotea Centre, Auckland, 1992) Violoncello, Thomas Pierard; Broadcasts, Concert FM multiple times during 1989-1993
2010, performed during the Presentation of the Cross, Good Friday liturgy, violoncellist Tom Pierard, St Matthews in the City, Auckland New Zealand, April 2, 2010.
2010, throughout Europe during Pierard’s World Concert Tour
http://www.puygironartfestival.fr/enregistrements-festival-puygiron.php
2010, performed as an encore , Bach Musica concert, Tom Pierard soloist
• Composition In Red, quartet for mezzo soprano, flute, viola, and violoncello
(‘New Music Two’ concert, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1987)
Performers: Lucy Campbell, Mary-Kate Thompson, Michael Vidulich, Lisa Stamp
Performed 2004 in Wellington by the chamber group ‘Mallow’
• Sinfonietta di Dieci for ten part string orchestra (performed at the ‘Sonic Circus’, Wellington, 1987 and Lower Hutt, 1987). Commissioned by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for the Schola Musica
Conductor, Michael Vinten. Broadcasts, Concert FM (1987, 1988-twice)
• Requiem For Peace for mezzo soprano, SATB choir, woodwind, brass and percussion (International Youth Year, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland, 1985): Conductor, Juan Matteucci; mezzo soprano, Anthea Moller; choir, University Singers Choir, with members of the Auckland Regional Orchestra; Broadcasts, Concert FM (1985,1986)
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES AND RECORDINGS OF COMPOSITIONS
• Spanish Song Cycle: a cycle of four songs in Spanish for mezzo-soprano and string quartet
• The Birds: a comic Singspiel with libretto written by Rachel Le Rossignol. The work is designed to be performed by high school students, or professional groups. The work is scored for 2 flutes (and/or oboes), clarinets (and/or saxophones), xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, maracas, castanets, claves, congas, timpani, guitars, pianoforte, and strings.
Duration 2.5 hours
• The Radish and the Shoe, composition for narrator and orchestra, recorded by the New Zealand
Symphony Orchestra, in English, and French; October 2014, Wellington, New Zealand
• The Radish and the Shoe, composition for narrator and orchestra, performed by the Preston Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne, conducted by Mario Dobernig, and narrated by the composer (Andrew Perkins) November 30, 2014
• an orchestral reduction of La Captive by Berlioz, for soprano, pianoforte and cello, performed by Vivien Hamilton (mezzo), Len Vorster (pianist), and Lachlan Dent (cello), Uniting Church, Diamond Creek, Melbourne, August 16, 2014
• an arrangement of Four Serious Songs by Brahms, for baritone, string quartet and pianoforte, performed at the Melbourne Recital Centre Salon on 16th and 18th June 2014 by baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes, pianist Kristian Chong, violinists Wilma Smith and Nicholas Waters, viola player Lisa Grosman, and cellist Michelle Wood.
• Waltz-Fantasia for orchestra, performed during the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s 2010 Composers’ Workshop.
Recorded 2012 by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Wellington, November, 2012.
• Christchurch Vespers, Vespers for the Feast of Pentecost, for soprano solo, choir and orchestra – public performance and CD recording by Bach Musica, with soprano soloist Gina Sanders. July 22, 2012, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Dr Martin Andrew, New Zealand Opera News, November, 2012
Interview with Eva Radich, Radio New Zealand, Tuesday 17th July 2012.
• Huia, scored for harp and wind quintet, performed and recorded by Jess Fotinos (harp) with students from the Australian National Academy of Music during their 2011 Composers’ Workshop.
• Ave Maris Stella for pipe organ. CD recording ‘New Zealand Organ Music’, performed and recorded by Richard Apperley, Wellington, 2012.
• Tango-Romanza, scored for full concert band.
Performed October, 2009 by the Watsonia Defense Force Concert Band, Melbourne, Australia.
• Jubilate Deo, scored for SSATB choir, full symphony orchestra and pipe organ. Commissioned by the Baradene College Limited, performed by the Baradene College of the Sacred Heart Sophia Choir, Jubilee Singers and members of Bach Musica, with the Baradene College Orchestra supplemented by alumni on the occasion of the Colleges’ Centennial Celebrations, Baradene College, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand.
Performed 20 August, 2009, at the KBB Festival, Auckland.
Performed 22 August, 2009, Baradene College Centennial Concert, Auckland, New Zealand.
Performed 11 September, 2009, Baradene College Centennial Mass, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Song To The Lord Jesus for SATB choir and pipe organ
Commissioned by the Catholic Church to be performed as part of the rededication ceremonies celebrating the refurbishment of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Auckland. The premiere performances were September 14 and 15, 2007.
• Echo for contralto and pianoforte
Premiere performance was November 8, 2003, The Pre-Raphaelite Dream exhibition concert given by contralto Cathie Harrop and pianist Paul Harrop.
• Warkworth March for brass band
(Written and performed to celebrate Warkworth’s 150th Anniversary
Warkworth Town Hall, October 11, 2003 and on Founders’ Day, November 15 2003)
•Salve, Regina for symphony orchestra
(Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2002 Composers’ Workshop, first movement of three for orchestra, 1993) Conductor, Mark Tadai; recorded by Concert FM
• Fantasia For Eight Celli (Ensemble Philharmonia, commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Aotea Centre, Auckland, performed October 20, 21, 1993) Broadcasts, Concert FM 1993, 1994
• The Flying Gardens: Tui for symphony orchestra
(Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s School’s Concert, second of three movements for orchestra, 1993) Conductor, Uwe Grodd.
• Ways of Light and Life song cycle for baritone, clarinet, French horn, violin, two violas, and violoncello
(two performances, Ensemble Philharmonia, Auckland Philharmonia, Composer in Residence Commission, Aotea Centre, Auckland, 1992)
Conductor, Andrew Perkins; baritone Iosefa Enari; live performance recorded by Concert FM, 1992
• Symphony Der Bote for symphony orchestra and mezzo soprano
(Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Composer In Residence commission, Aotea Centre, Auckland, 1992) Conductor, William Boughton; mezzo soprano, Carmel Carroll; Broadcasts, Concert FM (1992 live broadcast/performance; 1993)
• The Flying Gardens, two pieces for solo violoncello
(many performances including two separate performances at the Aotea Centre, Auckland, 1992) Violoncello, Thomas Pierard; Broadcasts, Concert FM multiple times during 1989-1993
2010, performed during the Presentation of the Cross, Good Friday liturgy, violoncellist Tom Pierard, St Matthews in the City, Auckland New Zealand, April 2, 2010.
2010, throughout Europe during Pierard’s World Concert Tour
http://www.puygironartfestival.fr/enregistrements-festival-puygiron.php
2010, performed as an encore , Bach Musica concert, Tom Pierard soloist
• Composition In Red, quartet for mezzo soprano, flute, viola, and violoncello
(‘New Music Two’ concert, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1987)
Performers: Lucy Campbell, Mary-Kate Thompson, Michael Vidulich, Lisa Stamp
Performed 2004 in Wellington by the chamber group ‘Mallow’
• Sinfonietta di Dieci for ten part string orchestra (performed at the ‘Sonic Circus’, Wellington, 1987 and Lower Hutt, 1987). Commissioned by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for the Schola Musica
Conductor, Michael Vinten. Broadcasts, Concert FM (1987, 1988-twice)
• Requiem For Peace for mezzo soprano, SATB choir, woodwind, brass and percussion (International Youth Year, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland, 1985): Conductor, Juan Matteucci; mezzo soprano, Anthea Moller; choir, University Singers Choir, with members of the Auckland Regional Orchestra; Broadcasts, Concert FM (1985,1986)
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES AND RECORDINGS OF COMPOSITIONS
• Spanish Song Cycle: a cycle of four songs in Spanish for mezzo-soprano and string quartet
• The Birds: a comic Singspiel with libretto written by Rachel Le Rossignol. The work is designed to be performed by high school students, or professional groups. The work is scored for 2 flutes (and/or oboes), clarinets (and/or saxophones), xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, maracas, castanets, claves, congas, timpani, guitars, pianoforte, and strings.
Duration 2.5 hours
