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Aroha Yates-Smith   Hirini Melbourne  

Hinemokemoke

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2003
for female voice and taonga puoro

Dorothy Freed  

Lament for Te Wano

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 1974
for a cappella SATB

David Hamilton  

Listen Tamaki Makaurau

Duration: 06' 15" Year: 2010
for solo voice(s), treble voices in 3 parts, piano, organ, optional percussion

  • Programme Note

    The Auckland Primary Principals’ Association holds an annual music festival and over the years several of my choral works have been included in the event. In early 2010 I was approached by former student Pip Faulknor who, along with two other conductors, was keen to include something specifically about Auckland in their programmes, and asked if I had anything suitable. I suggested something new might be appropriate and a text was devised by Mary Cornish. The text talks of many of the features of Auckland, but is also a call for the people of the area to listen to, and respect, the children of Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland).

    David Hamilton

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Hirini Melbourne  

Nga Tamariki o te Kohu

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2002
for voice, taonga puoro, guitar, and kapa haka

Helen Fisher  

Papatuanuku

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1992
vocalise for unaccompanied choir

  • Instrumentation
    1.TB; 2. and 3. SATB
  • Programme Note

    These three vocalises, using Maori vowel sounds, were first recorded by the Wellington members of the National Youth Choir. They were composed for the opening section of ‘Wahine Toa’, a dance theatre celebration of Maori female ancestral figures. This work was performed at Taki Rua Theatre in Wellington in 1992 and in Christchurch in 1993. The three pieces are: 1. Te Po Nui, Te Po Roa, where male voices hum a series of sustained chords. 2. The Earth Lay in the Womb of Darkness – inspired by Robin Kahukiwa’s painting of the same title. This choral vocalise by full choir begins with alto melodic line, soon building to a widely spaced texture of superimposed fifth chords. 3. Papatuanuku – the Separation of Ranginui and Papatuanuku. The vocalise begins gently, becoming increasingly contrapuntal, building to five strong chords, and ending with a sighing texture of vocal glissandi. Wahine Toa was choreographed by Keri Kaa, Jan Bolwell and Sunny Amey, and was commissioned with assistance from the Queen Elizabeth 11 Arts Council of New Zealand.

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Helen Fisher  

Pounamu

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 1989, r. 1997
for SSAATB choir, alto soloist and koauau

  • Programme Note

    Inspired by sparkling waters of Tasman Bay Nelson, this choral work (SSAATB) was originally composed with flute accompaniment, which has been substituted in performances by the Shakuhachi (traditional Japanese flute) and also the Koauau (traditional Maori flute). There are recordings of Pounamu with each of these flutes. The piece’s choral texture uses Maori vowel sounds and a text which is a whakatauki (proverb) from the Waikato region.

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Helen Fisher  

Pounamu

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 1989, r. 1997
for solo flute, SSAATB choir

Hirini Melbourne  

Pumotomoto

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2003
for male and female voice with taonga puoro

Paul Booth  

Rawhitiwhiti

Duration: 06' 00" Year: 2002
For high voice, string quartet, and percussion

Paul Booth  

Rere Atu Rere Mai

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2002
For high voice, string quartet, and percussion