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Gillian Whitehead
Awa Herea (Braided Rivers)
Duration: 22' 00" Year: 1993
a song cycle for soprano and piano
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Programme Note
This song cycle for soprano and piano has texts by the composer in Maori and English.
“Awa Herea memorably evokes the physical appearance of symbolic significance of these braided rivers… cosmic weather-driven energy.” (Covell, Sydney Morning Herald).
“Its pace was shrewdly varied and the music encompassed a range of styles – from sung declamation to florid lyricism – without incongruity.” (Jack, Independent).
“The cycle displays all the characteristics of her [Gillian Whitehead’s] mature work. The vocal line is at once exultant and contemplative, the piano writing incisive or lulling; the formal shaping novel yet accessible. It is a memorable piece, filled with the energetic spirit of the natural world and finding through that spirit its own serenity.”
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Whitehead: Awa Herea; computer-set
Full score | Pdf - computer set
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Whitehead: Awa Herea; computer-set
Full score | Hardcopy - computer set
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Whitehead: Awa Herea; facsimile
Full score | Hardcopy - facsimile
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NZIAF: Gillian Whitehead Portrait; part 2
CD
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Waikohu: Mere Boynton and Friends
CD
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Tracey Chadwell's Songbook Year: 1995
CD
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Ears Wide Open Taringa Areare Education Resource CD Year: 2000
CD
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Dorothy Buchanan
Carnival of New Zealand Creatures
Duration: 20' 00" Year: 1999
for narrator, singer, flute, clarinet, cello, guitar, percussion
Jonathan Besser
Duet for Soprano and Cello
Duration: 22' 15" (can vary) Year: 1979
for soprano and cello
Annea Lockwood
Night and Fog
Duration: 22' 00" Year: 1987
A song cycle for baritone, tape and ensemble