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Add to wishlist1990, r. 1997
- a cycle of songs for SATB choir
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- Duration:
- 30' 00"
- Instrumentation:
- Several songs have divisions and/or solo passages
- Contents:
- Cycle of songs: 1. Horizon I (Sea and Sky); 2. Walking on My Feet; 3. Home Thoughts; 4. Not by Wind Ravaged; 5. Wild Honey; 6. The Magpies; 7. To a Friend; 8. Song at Summer's End; 9. Elegy in a City Railyard; 10. On the Swag; 11. To L.H.B.; 12. Horizon II (Sea and Sky II)
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 | Score (435k) | Page 1 of eight of the songs from 'To the Horizon' | © Christopher Marshall |
 | Recording (704k) | 0'00 - 1'00" | © Atoll Records |
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Availability
- This work has 14 scores and a recording
Programme Note
To The Horizon: Images Of New Zealand was composed in 1990 to celebrate New Zealand’s Sesquicentennial. It was commissioned by Dr Karen Grylls and the Auckland Dorian Choir who first performed it in June 1990. Composition took place in Western Samoa and New Zealand, with the final revision in New York in 1997.
The cycle consists of texts by eight New Zealand poets, each one suggesting a different aspect of ‘horizon’: the physical horizon, where sea or plains or mountains meet the sky; or a range of metaphorical horizons, a glimpse into the past, into the future, or to the limits of our experience or comprehension.
To The Horizon has been performed on many occasions, either as single songs or as a cycle, and frequently broadcast.
- Text Note:
- 1. Ian Wedde; 2. ARD Fairburn; 3. Denis Glover; 4. Hone Tuwhare; 5. Alistair Campbell; 6. Denis Glover; 7. ARD Fairburn; 8. ARD Fairburn; 9. MK Joseph; 10; RAK Mason; 11. Katherine Mansfield; 12. Ian Wedde
- Commissioned:
- Commissioned and first performed by the Auckland Dorian Choir in 1990 to celebrate New Zealand's Sesquicentennial year. 'Home Thoughts', 'On the Swag', and 'Horizon II' were commissioned by the Ashburton Chorale and subsequently incorporated.
- Difficulty:
- Advanced
Performance History
| 25 Apr 2008 |
Performed by Schola Sacra conducted by Roy Tankersley, at Christ Church, Wanganui ‘Walking on My Feet’ from To the Horizon |
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| 19 Nov 2011 |
Performed by the Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir at the Wellington Town Hall, in Wellington Horizon 1 (Sea and Sky) only |
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| Voices New Zealand | ||
| 20 Nov 2011 |
Performed by the Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir at St John’s Cathedral in Napier Horizon 1 (Sea and Sky) only |
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| Voices New Zealand | ||
| 21 Nov 2011 |
Performed by the Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir at Auckland Town Hall, in Auckland Horizon 1 (Sea and Sky) only |
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| Voices New Zealand | ||
| 23 Nov 2011 |
Performed by the Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir at Aurora Centre for Performing Arts, in Christchurch Horizon 1 (Sea and Sky) only |
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| Voices New Zealand | ||
| 24 Nov 2011 |
Performed by the Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir at Knox Church in Dunedin Horizon 1 (Sea and Sky) only |
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| Voices New Zealand |