Works by Anthony Ritchie | Composer

Opus203 Spirals (2018) for 2 violins and viola

Opus202b Toitu's Song (2018) for piano and SSA choir

Opus202 Toitu's Song (2018) for children's orchestra and SSA choir

Opus201 Piano Concertino No.2 (2018)

Opus200 Symphony No.5 (2018)

Opus199 There Future Lies (2017) for SSAA choir unaccompanied

Opus198 Picture Stone (2017) Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano

Opus197 Viola Concerto No.2 (2017) for solo viola and string orchestra

Opus196 Autumn Moods (2017) for guitar and cello

Opus195 Cornet Rhapsody (2016) for cornet and piano

Opus194 Childhood (2016) for piano, violin and cello

Opus193 Three Scenes for Solo Clarinet (2016)

Opus192 Memories of Purakaunui (2016) for cellos and piano

Opus191 Gallipoli to the Somme (2016) for soprano, bass, choir, orchestra

Opus190b The Nightsingers (2016) for SSAATTBB choir a cappella

Opus190 Ellen's Vigil (2016) for SSAATTBB choir a cappella

Opus189 Te Moana (2016) for wind band

Opus188 lovebird/hatebird (2016) for soprano

Opus187 Violin Sonata No.3 (2015) for violin and piano

Opus186 The Survivor (2015) for SSAATTBB choir a cappella

Opus185 Ants: Sextet for Strings (2015) for violins, violas and cellos

Opus184 Three Pieces for J.A.R. (2015) for piano

Opus183 He is Starlight: A Commemoration (2015) for brass band

Opus182 Lullabies (2015) for soprano, childrens & SATB choir, organ

Opus181 The Lamb (2014) duet for soprano and mezzo soprano

Opus180 Euphonium Concerto (2014) for Euphonium and Brass Band or Concert Band

Opus179 The Travels of Babar (2014) for narrator and piano

Opus178 Whispers of Gallipoli (2014) for baritone and piano

Opus177 Purakaunui at Dawn (2014) for Clarinet Quintet

Opus176 Spring String Trio (2013) for violin, viola and cello

Opus175 This Other Eden (2014) opera

Opus174 Kaiser Bill (2013) for 2 part children's choir a cappella

Opus173 Coverings (2013) for SSSSAA a cappella

Opus172 Salaam (2013) for SSAATTBB choir a cappella

Opus171 Symphony No.4 (2013)

Opus170 Touched (2013) for piano

Opus169 Tako-tsubo (2013) for SSAA choir a cappella

Opus168 The Pelog Quartet (2012) for violin, viola, cello and piano

Opus167 4 Easy Duets for piano (2012)

Opus166 Variations for G.B.P. (2012) for violin and organ

Opus165 Violin Concerto (2012) for violin and orchestra

Opus164 Purakaunui (2012) for chamber orchestra

Opus163 Dads (2012) for soprano

Opus162 Triptych (2012) for euphonium and piano

Opus161 I Am a Cold Cold Wolf (2012) for SATB choir and piano

Opus160 Dedication to Dad! (2011)

Opus159 Angels Flow (2011) for harp

Opus158 Episode (2011) for string quartet

Opus157 Thoughts from an Inner Garden (2011) for soprano

Opus156 Line Dances (2010) for piano

Opus155 Polish Dances (2010) for flute and piano

Opus154 Mountains and Rivers (2010) for SSAATTBB choir a cappella

Opus153 Silver Songs (2010) for SATB a cappella

Opus152 Easter Melancholy (2010) for clarinet or string trio

Opus151 Piano Practice (2010) for SATB a cappella

Opus150 Symphony No.3 (2010)

Opus148 This Sea We Cross Over (2010) for SSAATTBB choir a cappella

Opus147 A Little Sleep (2010) for piano

Opus145 Olinda (2009) for SSAATTBB choir a cappella

Opus144 Echoes (2009) for gamelan

Opus143 Carving (2009) for SATB choir and wood block

Opus142 Wind Quintet (2009)

Opus141 Portrait of FH (2009)

Opus140 Words are my Notes (2008) for mezzo soprano

Opus139b Sultry (2009) for guitar

Opus139 Nocturne and Sunrise (2008) for flute, viola and guitar

Opus138 French Overture (2008)

Opus137d The Organist and the Rhododendron (2008)

Opus137c Pause (2008) for soprano

Opus137b Cat in the Dark (2008) for children's choir and piano

Opus137a Cat in the Dark (2008) for children's choir, clarinet and piano

Opus136b Piano Concerto No. 3 (2008) version for two pianos

Opus136 Piano Concerto No. 3 (2008)

Opus135 Flute Sonata (2008) for flute and piano

Opus134b Rain (2008) for baritone and orchestra

Opus134a Rain (2008) for baritone and piano

Opus133b Theme and Variations for Cellos (2007)

Opus133a Meditation for violin and piano (2008)

Opus132 Fours into Twelve (2007) for 4 double bass

Opus131 Procession (2007)

Opus130 Transylvanian Dances (2007) for string quartet

Opus129 Octopus (2007) for string and wind octet

Opus128 Whalesong (2006) for double bass and orchestra

Opus127 Diary of a Madman: A Dedication to Shostakovich (2006)

Opus126 Peninsula Suite (2006) for piano

Opus125 Organ Overture (2006) for organ and orchestra

Opus124 Clarinet Quintet (2006) for clarinet and string quartet

Opus123 Two Pieces for Flute and Bass Clarinet (2006)

Opus122 A Survivor from Rekohu (2006) flute, piccolo, Maori instruments

Opus121 Rites of Passage (2005) for bassoon and string quartet

Opus120 Song for Minstrel (2005) for violin and piano

Opus119 Flipside (2005) for piano duet

Opus118 Three Pieces for Viola and Guitar (2005)

Opus117 Three Images (2005) for SA choir

Opus116 Oppositions (2005) for piano, violin, viola and cello

Opus115 Two Pantoums for Soprano and Piano (2005)

Opus114 Clouds (2005) for trombone and brass band

Opus113 Bele Doette (2004) for soprano and oboe

Opus112 Meditation (2004) for viola and piano

Opus111 The God Boy (2004)

Opus110 Widow's Songs (2004) for SSAATTBB choir a cappella

Opus109 Tui (2004) for solo flute

Opus108 Quartet (2003) a chamber opera

Opus107 Timeless Land (2003)

Opus106 Four Bagatelles for Percussion and Viola (2003)

Opus105 String Quartet No 2 (2003)

Opus104 Magnificat (2001) for SATB choir a cappella

Opus103 Song of Hope (2002) for SATB choir a cappella

Opus101 24 Preludes (2002) for piano

Opus100 Piano Trio (2001) for violin, cello and piano

Opus99 The Bomb is Made (2000)

Opus98b Bartok Medley (1999) for amateur orchestra

Opus98a Dance Around the World (2000) for amateur orchestra

Opus98c From Mountains to Sea (2000) for amateur orchestra

Opus98d Visions of Education (2000)

Opus98e Stomping in the Park (1999) for amateur orchestra

Opus97 Southern Journeys (2000)

Opus96 Ahua (2000)

Opus95 Symphony No.2 "The Widening Gyre" (1999)

Opus94 Caroline Bay Suite (1999) for piano

Opus93 Double Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Cello (1999)

Opus92 Pink and White (1999) for organ

Opus91 Coming to It (1999)

Opus90b Dedication (1996) for solo cello

Opus90 The Blue Sonata (1999) for cello and piano

Opus89b Dance Suite (1999) for violin and piano

Opus89 Concertina (1999)

Opus88 Welcome! (1998) for SSAATTBB choir a cappella

Opus87 Memories of Budapest (1998) for 2 violins, 2 violas, cello and horn

Opus86 Johnny Come Dancing (1998)

Opus85 Theme and Variations: The Search (1998)

Opus84 Leaf (1998)

Opus83 Rhapsody (1998) for violin & piano

Opus82 Revelations (1998)

Opus81 From the Southern Marches (1997)

Opus80 Shoal Dance (1997)

Opus79 Guitar Concerto (1997)

Opus78 Three Chinese Love Songs (1996-7) for soprano

Opus77 The Eagle has Landed (1996) a mini chamber opera

Opus76 Five Dunedin Songs (1996) for tenor and guitar

Opus75b Two Word Poem from Then I Understood (1996) for SATB choir and piano

Opus75 Then I Understood (1996) for SATB choir and orchestra

Opus74d Memories (1996)

Opus74c Out into the Blue (1996)

Opus74b Obsessions (1995)

Opus74a The-Room-Two-Inches-Behind-the-Eyes (1994)

Opus73b Tangi for baritone(1996)

Opus73 The Trapeze Artists (1996) a mini opera

Opus72 Albatross in Flight (1996)

Opus71 Whakatipua (1995-6) for string quartet

Opus70b Oboe Sonata (2002) for oboe and piano

Opus70 Concerto for Soprano Saxophone (1996)

Opus69d Theatre music for The Revengers Tragedy by Tournier (1995)

Opus69c Theatre music for Hippolytus by Euripides (1995)

Opus69b Theatre music for The Frogs by Aristophanes (1993)

Opus69a Theatre music for Orphee by Cocteau (1991)

Opus68 Star Fire (1995)a short opera

Opus67 A Bugle Will Do (1995)

Opus66 Down in the Brunner Mine (1995) for brass band

Opus65c Swinging Ducks and Yellow Trucks (1997)

Opus65b Moa Music (1995)

Opus65 Journeys (1995)

Opus64b Viola Sonata (1994-5) for viola and piano

Opus64 Viola Concerto (1994-5)

Opus63 The Charge of Parihaka (1994) for SSATBB choir or sextet a cappella

Opus62 The Tuatara Dances (1994)

Opus61 Remember Parihaka (1994)

Opus60 High Tide at Clyde (1993)

Opus59 Symphony No. 1 "Boum" (1993)

Opus58 The Rose Family (1993) for SATB a cappella

Opus57 Underwater Music (1993)

Opus56c Flute Concerto - Piano Reduction (1998) for flute and piano

Opus56b Second Movement from Flute Concerto (1998)

Opus56 Flute Concerto (1993)

Opus55 Sinfonietta (1992) for amateur orchestra

Opus54f Song to the Lord Jesus (1992) for mezzo soprano

Opus54e Song to the Lord Jesus (1992) for voices in 2 parts

Opus54b He Moemoea (1992) for choir or solo voice

Opus54c 'Song' (1992) for solo voice

Opus54a 'Song' (1992) for choir

Opus53 Brass Quintet (1992)

Opus52 Berlin Fragments (1992) for soprano

Opus51b Melancholia (1991) for guitar

Opus51a Pas de Deux (1992) for guitar duet

Opus50 Children and Adults (1992) for mezzo soprano

Opus49b Romp (1991) for symphonic band

Opus49 Goodbye to Blues (1991) for symphonic band

Opus48 Yet Another Poem of Spring (1991)

Opus47 As Long as Time (1990) for SATB a cappella

Opus46b School Blues (1992)

Opus46a Behind Our Masks (1991)

Opus45b Birds and a Steam Train in the Catlins (1991) for piano

Opus45a Tuatara (1990) for violin and piano

Opus44b Dogwobble (1990)

Opus44 Dogwobble and Other Songs (1990)

Opus43 Moods (1990) for amateur orchestra

Opus42b My Father Today (1990) for baritone or tenor

Opus42 To Face the Night Alone (1990)

Opus41 Hurting (1990) for piano

Opus40 Le Vierge, le vivace, et le bel aujourd'hui (1989) for SATB choir a cappella

Opus39b Two further songs for Columba College (1991)

Opus39a Two Songs for Columba College (1989)

Opus38 Ashburn Fragments (1989) for piano

Opus37 Te Hau-a-Kaiaua (1989)

Opus36 The Hanging Bulb (1989)

Opus35 Psalm 147 (1988)

Opus34b Four Duos for two violins (1988)

Opus34a Concerto for Three: The Coming of Age (1988)

Opus33 Music for Tristan (1988) for piano

Opus32 Rhapsody for Guitar (1988) for guitar

Opus31 Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (1988)

Opus30 Olveston Suite (1988) for piano

Opus29 Piano Sonata 1988 (1988)

Opus28e A Poem Just For Me (1989) for SA choir or Sop/Baritone duet

Opus28d Dear Examiner (1989) for SA choir and piano

Opus28c Tutira Mai (1988) for SSA choir

Opus28b Two Songs of the City (1988)

Opus28a Two Maori Songs (1988)

Opus27 Four E.E.Cummings Poems (1988) for SSAA choir a cappella

Opus26 Little Quartet (1987)

Opus25 Beginnings (1987)

Opus24 She is Singing for Peace (1987) for SSAATTBB choir a cappella

Opus23 Variations for Orchestra (1987)

Opus22b Journey through Eastern Europe (1987)

Opus22a Three Hungarian Folk Songs (1986-8) for SATB a cappella

Opus21 Night-piece (1986)

Opus20 Violin Sonata (1986)

Opus19 Shintaro San (1986)

Opus18 Three Songs for Tracy (1985) for mezzo soprano

Opus17 Balkan Bagpipes (1985)

Opus16 Autumn Concerto (1985)

Opus15 A Folk Lament (1984)

Opus14 String Quartet (1983-4)

Opus13 Paatere (1983)

Opus12 Quartet for Two Flutes and Two Clarinets (1983)

Opus11 Two Songs for Contralto and Piano (1982) for contralto

Opus10 With Years to Go (1982) for SATB choir a cappella

Opus9 Piano Concerto (1982)

Opus8 Concertino for Piano and Strings (1982)

Opus7 A Mid-term Trio (1981)

Opus6 Poems of Spring (1980) for piano

Opus5 A Shakespeare Overture (1981)

Opus4 Three Pieces for Strings (1980)

Opus3 Five Songs of Colour (1979) for soprano

Opus3b Lament for Barney Flanagan (1980) for baritone

Opus3c Lament for Barney Flanagan (1980) for bass

Opus2 Sonata for a Friend (1978)

Opus1 Sonata for solo violin (1976)

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The Hanging Bulb

Cheryl Cam has written a study guide to Hanging Bulb for Years 11 to 13 (Form 5 to 7) with accompanying CD. It is part of the SOUNZwrite series.

SOUNZwrite is a series of study guides to works by New Zealand composers written especially for use in NZ schools. They are produced by the Centre for New Zealand Music and are written by composer and educator Cheryl Camm.

The guides contain:

background material on the composer
composition and analysis material
imaginative ideas for activities
information about related topics
a free CD of the works (with most)
graded task sheets ... and more
Class sets of scores also available containing original and orchestrated version.

Available from Sounz

Melancholia

Ears Wide Open : Taringa Areare

This latest SOUNZwrite Resource supports the music discipline in the new arts curriculum from levels 1 to 4. Researched and trialled by Cheryl Camm, it consists of:

Teacher Guide
Student Activity Book
a book of scores for performance and study
an accompanying CD with 23 different tracks of NZ music. $60

Ears Wide Open : Taringa Areare has many activities which link to other arts disciplines - drama, dance and visual arts - and other areas of the curriculum including science, social studies and English. Each activity has suggested learning outcomes and assessment ideas.

Learning experiences include:

rhythm and performance with Gareth Farr's Ruaumoko
how to play a guitar with Split Enz
musical texture with Clouds Over Pirongia by John Rimmer
the music of Tokelau through the Te Vaka Jigsaw
how music makes you feel with Melancholia by Anthony Ritchie
note reading with Other Echoes by Eve de Castro-Robinson
how your body responds to music with Judy Bailey's Now I'm Walkin'
Taonga Puoru with Tumatakokiri by Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns
... and many other musical styles from pop and rock to Pacific, Maori, jazz, brass band, guitar, choir, percussion, orchestra and more...

Available from Sounz