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Ross Harris (b. 1945)
Labyrinth for Tuba and Orchestra (2004)
Andrew Jarvis (tuba), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd
Recorded by Radio New Zealand Concert
6 November, 2004
- HARRIS - Labyrinth (introduction)
Introduced by Kenneth Young. (5′32″)
- HARRIS - Labyrinth
Andrew Jarvis (tuba), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd. (10′48″)
Labyrinth
Labyrinth was the first of 12 works commissioned by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra each featuring one of the orchestra’s principal players as soloist. Ross was inspired by the extraordinary playing of the NZSO's principle tubist, Andrew Jarvis.
The idea of the mythical maze of the Labyrinth came from several sources. As Harris explains, “The tuba itself is a labyrinthine tangle of tubes and our inner ears contain bony labyrinths. In this piece the term also describes the many pathways scattered through the piece. The tuba finds itself caught in a dense web of possibilities, perhaps of its own making, and must struggle to find a resolution.”
Ross told Ken Young that at the time it was composed he imagined it to be a sort of self-portrait…a tangled web of searching and not finding.
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Introduced each week by composer and conductor Kenneth Young, a member of the Resound artistic panel, the compositions are put in context then heard complete on Tuesdays in Sound Lounge with Kate Mead.
In 2010, Ken covered chamber works. In 2011, he looked at ten orchestral pieces from the archives.
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Over the last few years, RNZ's New Zealand Composers Archive has been transferred to digital, and selected compositions will be re-broadcast and offered as web audio.
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