Split Enz Re-imagined

Split Enz Re-Imagined is a bold orchestral reworking that takes the unmistakable spirit of the iconic band and refracts it through a symphonic lens. Familiar melodic fragments surface like echoes from another era, instantly recognisable yet transformed — harmonised more richly, stretched rhythmically, and coloured with unexpected instrumental pairings. The piece balances nostalgia with invention, allowing the quirky theatricality and emotional directness of the originals to take on new depth and scale.

Throughout the work, sharp rhythmic motifs and playful harmonic twists nod to the band’s art-pop sensibility, while sweeping string lines and brass flourishes expand the music into something cinematic. Solo passages drift in and out of the texture, sometimes intimate and fragile, other times bursting with exuberance. The orchestration embraces contrast — angular and whimsical one moment, lush and soaring the next — mirroring the duality at the heart of the source material.

Rather than simply arranging familiar songs, Split Enz Re-Imagined reconstructs them, revealing hidden layers and new emotional angles. In its closing moments, threads of multiple themes intertwine before resolving into a shimmering final gesture — a tribute that honours the past while confidently stepping into new territory.