By:

• Dan Poynton

Duration:

07' 00"

Instrumentation:

Some preparation of piano required

Contents:

One movement Performed by Dan Poynton at the ECAT NZ New Music Festival, Edinburgh, 5 Dec 2001 -See Festival Booklet (r569).

Samples

	Recording (468k)	From 1:16 - 1:17	© Rattle Records
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Availability

• This work has 3 recordings

Programme Note

This was written out of an admiration for the music of diverse peoples, both Maori and Pakeha, and especially as a tribute to the haunting Nga Iwi E, a song by Hirini Melbourne which celebrates the unity of Pacific (and ultimately all) peoples. The song merges in and out of a tapestry consisting of fragments of Bach, Beethoven, Maori waiata and others (Keith Jarrett and Jonathan Crayford can both be felt in there too), all structured in a style inspired by Bach’s choral preludes. The underlying melody is a famous song written at the turn of the century by the Maori Princess, Te Rangi Pai. Dedicated to Hirini Melbourne.

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences:

• Relationships
• Waiata - song
• Baroque

Dedication:

To Hirini Melbourne

• Hirini Melbourne