Motet was commisioned by the 1998 New Zealand International Festival of the Arts with financial support from Creative New Zealand. It was first performed by Michael Houstoun and Diedre Irons at St Andrew’s on the Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand, on 19 March 1998. It is a 15-minute single-movement work for piano duo (1 piano 4-hands). The material ranges from quasi-freely notated sections to tightly scored driving rhythmic passages. It’s a workout for the players and requires both dreamy lyricism and propulsive dynamic playing

For enquiries about performance materials for this work, contact me: john@jpsathas.com

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