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Read and recorded by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra as part of the 2021 NZ Composer sessions.
Program Note
Here Goes...is inspired by the composer’s experience in giving birth to her son, Charlie.
It was a four day process featuring a lot of labor, excitement, anxiety and finally...a baby! With exhausted new parents. The piece captures a reflection on some of the excitement and ordeal of those moments.
Here Goes… is dedicated to the composer’s son Charlie Jullien, born in New Haven, Connecticut in December 2019, towards the end of a first semester of study for a Master of Musical Arts at Yale School of Music.
A version for string orchestra and percussion premiered on a Yale New Music for Orchestra concert in 2020. A version for full orchestra was read and recorded by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in 2021. The final work was revised in 2024.
Media
Produced by SOUNZ and Radio New Zealand, the performance features the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Te Tira Pūoro o Aotearoa conducted by James Judd. The audio was recorded on 1 October 2021 at Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, as part of 2021 NZ Composer Sessions Ngā Huihuinga Hāpai i ngā Kaitito o Aotearoa. The film was funded by NZ On Air, Irirangi Te Motu.