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Arapatiki was commissioned by Stephen De Pledge as one of a series of Landscape preludes, and received its first performance in the Wigmore Hall, London, in January, 2004. Arapatiki translates (from the Maori language) as ‘the way of the flounder’, and is the ancient name of the sand flats in front of my house at Harwood, near Dunedin. The piece has something to do with the advance and retreat of the tide across the flats, where many species of sea and water birds spend much of the day – an ever-varying water-scape. The opening idea is based on the song of the korimako or bellbird.

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• Landscape Preludes  Year: 2011 

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• Gillian Whitehead: Arapatiki; video 

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• Gillian Whitehead: Various Works 

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• Stephen de Pledge - Landscape Preludes  

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• Tuhonohono: Music by Gillian Whitehead 

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• An Interview with Gillian Whitehead 

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• Stephen de Pledge: Three Landscape Preludes  Year: 2004 

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• Gillian Whitehead: Arapātiki CD  Year: 2012 

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Sydney dance teacher Ian Murphy tells how the Argentinean tango began in the ghettos of Buenos Aires, with dance steps grouped in 5s and 7s which worked across the music’s phrasing. However, when taken to Europe, extra dance steps were invented to fit into groups of 8s. Tango (September) is one of five tangos, Tango Cinco, for solo piano. Exploring groups of 5, it alternates between mysterious sections driven by the left hand with strong, majestic sections in which both hands weave inner voice leading lines. The piece is dedicated to Jan Lockwood, friand and pianist. I gave the first Australian performance in 2006 and Janelle Carrigan has recorded the work, titled Skins on the Wirripang label Wirr038.

• Blom: Tango (September); computer-set  Year: 2010 

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The title is taken from the poem Spring Drift Kawhia by New Zealand poet Denys Trussell and refers to the shallow tidal harbour of Kawhia on the western coast of the North Island:

“Now hills half-stripped of gods rim this liquid drift of light, and the sea-eye flashes mosaic beneath a nest of cliffs startling the shag in its pine-black tower.”

The evocative phrase provided the inspiration for this ‘landscape prelude’, written with gratitude to its commissioner, the wonderfully poetic pianist Stephen De Pledge. It was premiered by him in the Wigmore Hall, London, on 23rd January 2004.

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• Landscape Preludes  Year: 2011 

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A piano composition for advanced pianists depicting the dark, negative and passive quality of Yin, and the struggle to unite them with the light, positive and active qualities of Yang; as in Chinese thought. This work also expresses the feelings of joy and triumph when unification of Yin and Yang is achieved.

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