I, Time... is, the second movement of a three movement work for orchestra based on the poem 'Time' by Allen Curnow.
The poem has inspired the form, content and rationale of the work as a whole. The titles of the movements: (1) I am.... (2) I, Time.... (3) Am island, am sea, am father... are taken from meaningful junctures in the story implied by the poem; the structure, flow and expressed language in the movements are creatively represented in musical terms by pace, texture and timbre.
Biography
Richard Francis Photo: SOUNZ screenshot
Richard Francis studied clarinet, piano and composition at the Royal College of Music and later completed an MMus degree from the University of Otago with distinction, winning the Philip Neill Memorial Prize in Music. He was for a time the ‘Composer-in-Schools’, working with young composition students, and has composed many choral and chamber pieces for school performances and competitions. Richard currently teaches piano, woodwind instruments and scholarship classes at Auckland schools and is in the final stages of completing a DMus course in Composition at the University of Auckland.
Recorded 12 April 2017, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert for 2017 NZ Composer Sessions.
Producer: David McCaw
Engineer: Graham Kennedy
