Work

Programme Note

I began writing this piece in the shadow of both the East Timor crisis and the death of my good friend and sometime mentor of many years, the musicologist and historian John Mansfield Thomson. These events modified both the original formal ideas and the detail of the piece. William’s ‘A Dictionary of the Maori Language’ gives four meanings for taurangi: “unsettled”, “changing or changeable”; “incomplete, unsatisfied, unfulfilled”; “to grieve for”; and “wanderer”. Taurangi was commissioned by the New Zealand International Festival of the Arts, during which it received its first performance by Bridget Douglas and Rachel Thompson, in March, 2000.

Text Note:

William's: A dictionary of the Maori Language

Commissioned:

Commissioned by the New Zealand International Festival of the Arts 2000

Difficulty:

Advanced

Dedication:

Dedicated to the memory of John Mansfield Thomson

• John Mansfield Thomson

Funders:

• Creative New Zealand

Performance History

	27 Mar 2000	Performed by Bridget Douglas (flute) and Rachel Thomson (piano)
		Bridget Douglas
	14 Mar 2002	Performed by Bridget Douglas and Rachel Thomson at Ilott Theatre, in Wellington
	30 Jun 2006	Performed by Kristina Hesse (flute) and Barbara Hodapp (piano) in the Grosser Saal of the Musikhochschule Lübeck, Germany
	19 Jun 2007	Performed by Ingrid Culliford (flute) and Emma Sayers (piano) at Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber on 19 June 2007. This concert was a celebration between The Edge and Chamber Music New Zealand in celebration of Matariki.
		Tuhonohono
	21 Jun 2007	Performed by Ingrid Culliford (flute) and Emma Sayers (piano) at Soundings Theatre, Te Papa, Wellington on 21 June 2007. This concert was a collaboration between The Edge and Chamber Music New Zealand in celebration of Matariki.
		Tuhonohono
	21 Jun 2007	Performed by Ingrid Culliford (flute) and Emma Sayers (piano) at Soundings Theatre, Te Papa, Wellington on 21 June 2007. This concert
	20 Apr 2008	Performed at the IWCM Festival in Beijing, China
	09 Oct 2008	Performed by Luca Manghi (flute) and Terence Dennis (piano) at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Dunedin
		Terence Dennis
	12 Oct 2008	Performed by Bridget Douglas (flute) and Rachel Thomson (piano) and broadcast on Flotation Device on KBCS 91.3 FM in USA.
		Bridget Douglas
	30 Jun 2009	Performed by Bridget Douglas (flute) and Rachel Thomson (piano), and was broadcast on ‘Light on New Zealand Composers’ by Eva Light at 3mbs Melbourne, Australia
		Bridget Douglas
	07 Aug 2009	Performed by members of the Ensemble Selisih – Elizabeth Farrell (flute) and Mathias Trapp (piano) at School of Music, University of Auckland in Auckland
	12 Aug 2009	Performed by members of the Ensemble Selisih – Elizabeth Farrell (flute) and Mathias Trapp (piano) at Adam Concert Room, Victoria University in Wellington
	21 Jul 2011	performed by Bridget Douglas (flute) and Rachel Thomson (piano) at the Hunter Council Chamber, Victoria University, in Wellington
		Bridget Douglas    Rachel Thomson