Work

Programme Note

One of the most beautiful sounds of the New Zealand forest is the clear, bell-like call of the Kokako. The first and last pieces in this set of five piano pieces develop various melodic ideas of this call while the remaining pieces suggest various flight patterns and man’s encroachment on the habitat of the bird.

This popular piano work in five sections has had many performances worldwide including Norway, Morocco and Paraguay.

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences:

• Birds - NZ

Performance History

	12 Jan 1979	First performed by Simon Romanos, Cambridge Music School
	22 Mar 2007	Performed by Tom McGrath at the Mozart Fellows Reunion Concert at Marima Hall, University of Otago, Dunedin in 2007
	03 Mar 2009	Performed by Philip Sung at the University of Canterbury, School of Music, Christchurch
	07 May 2009	Performed by William Green (piano) at the Auckland Public Library in Auckland
	20 Sep 2009	Performed by Tom McGrath at Marama Hall, Dunedin
	03 Nov 2009	Performed with recorded birdsong as part of the World Music Days 2009 in Beijing, China