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Six Watercolours

for voice, clarinet in B flat, cello and piano

Year:  1994

Year:  1994

Composer:   David Griffiths

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About

These beautiful poems of Charles Brasch were set to music in 1994.

Commissioned by John Rimmer for the Karheinz company, with assistance from Creative New Zealand, they depict some of the most pristine landscapes of coastal New Zealand. With the exception of the beach settlement at Oaro, which is in the Kaikora region, the texts describe the coastal areas of the northern tip of the South Island. Onekaka (which in Maori means burning sands) is in Golden Bay. Tarakohe and Totaranui are both beaches in the stunning Abel Tasman National Park.

The poetry was originally set for baritone, clarinet in B flat, violoncello and piano. In this version the clarinet is replaced by violin with some minor transpositions. The settings illustrate the words, capturing with musical gesture both the ancient resonance of these once unpeopled places and the dissolution of human presence over time.

David Griffiths Notes taken from Ahi - The Ogen Trio, Atoll Records ACD108


Commissioned note

Commissioned by John Rimmer for Karlheinz Company with assistance from Creative New Zealand

John Rimmer |


Contents note

I. Wharf at Onekaka
II. Onekaka Beach
III. Rocks at Oaro
IV. Coast at Tarakohe
V. Dark Stream
VI. Trees at Totoranui


Text note

Poems by Charles Brasch


Performance history

02 Oct 1994: Performed by David Griffiths (baritone), Nicola May (clarinet), David Jenkins (cello), Christine Cuming (piano); University of Auckland International Music Day Concert

01 Jan 2008: Recorded by the Ogen Trio (Katherine Austin, Dimitri Atanassov, James Tennant, and baritone David Griffiths) for the album "Ahi" (Atoll Records, ACD108)

07 Apr 2009: Contemporary Visions 18

02 Oct 2009: Bach and Griffiths

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