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Brigid Ursula Bisley  

In Memoriam

Duration: 30' 00" Year: 2004
for ensemble, taonga puoro, and voices

  • Instrumentation
    2 fl. (dbl. alto flute, 2 players), oboe (dbl. cor anglais, 1 player), clarinets (1), piano, percussion (1 player: vibraphone, triangle, maracas, rainsticks, 3 gongs of different sizes, small tambourine), drumkit, violins (2), viola, cellos (2), bass, taonga puoro: wooden koauau, iwi kuri, iwi maire, large putorino, putatara, porotiti, birdcalls; 1-2 baroque sopranos, 1 chamber soprano, 1 Maori female voice (alto range)
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Gillian Whitehead  

Outrageous Fortune

Duration: 1h 58' 00" Year: 1998
a chamber opera in two acts

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Helen Fisher  

Takiri Mai Te Awatea

Duration: 30' 00" Year: 1990
for SATB choir and kapa haka group

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  • Instrumentation
    Taonga puoro: optional koauau
  • Programme Note

    This work is for SATB choir, for kapa haka performing karanga, waiata, poi, patere and haka, also for contemporary dance and taonga puoro. It is in three sections: Te Ahiahi(Evening), Te Po (Night), Te Atatu (Dawn), and is a parable for the bicultural journey of Aotearoa New Zealand. In 1986 I wrote the lyrics while studying te Reo Maori at the Kuratini with Teariki Mei and in 1990, I completed the music while doing Composition Honours at Victoria University. In the same year ‘Takiri Mai Te Awatea’ was workshopped at Ngake Poneke Young Maori Club, but it is yet to receive a full performance.

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Helen Fisher  

Taku Wana - The Enduring Spirit

Duration: 37' 00" Year: 2002
for two mezzo sopranos, Kai-karanga, taonga puoro (traditional Maori instruments), flute/piccolo, bodhran, string quartet

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  • Instrumentation
    one of the mezzo sopranos needs to be familiar with performing Maori waiata.
  • Programme Note

    This chamber work, composed in 2002, is based on the music drama of the same title, with music by Helen Fisher, Maori composition by Wi Kuki Kaa and lyrics by Lauris Edmond. This shorter work for two sopranos, kai-karanga, string quartet, flute, bodhran and Maori instruments was produced for a CD on the Atoll label (ACD 203). This work focuses on some Maori and Pakeha women’s stories surrounding the events of the 1843 Wairau tragedy. These are stories of compassion, which have a resonance for New Zealand today, showing a way forward for reconciliation and racial harmony.

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Helen Fisher  

Taku Wana - The Enduring Spirit

Duration: 1h 02' 00" Year: 1997
for SATB choir, kapa haka, Maori and Irish instruments, 3 soloists and orchestra

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