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Always
on Time (2001) Violin
and Cello duration:
2 minutes
Programme
Notes Commissioned
by Musica Viva Australia on behalf of Sun Microsystems (Aust.)
Always on Time was written in early 2001
as a tribute piece to Russell Bate, the retiring managing director
of Sun Microsystems. A group of five composers was approached to
each write a short piece (1-2 minutes) that outlined some aspect
of Russell Bate's personality. The model for the idea behind this
commission was a group of works in the mode of Hindemith's Kammermusik
no. 1., op. 24 no 1 (Very Fast and Wild). Always on Time was based on the personal
qualities of perseverance and puncuality, attributed to Mr. Bate.
Hence there is a lot of striving towards a goal in the work. This
piece was composed whilst I was composer-in-residence at the Peggy
Glanville-Hicks House, Paddington. notes
by Matthew Hindson.
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